For a band dubbed “Toronto’s evil supergroup,” Holy Fuck is actually quite affable. The lo-fi electro group—founded in 2004 by Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh (both on keyboards and vocals)—has in its many incarnations toured with the likes of Wolf Parade, !!! and Cornelius. Considering the band's eclectic sound and their extensive international travel experience, we figured, who better to ask about their latest obsessions?

While Holy Fuck’s line up and musical accompaniments (instruments are often sourced from trash bins) have varied from show to show, their reputation for making mesmerizing music has stayed solid. We caught up with the Canadian foursome (Borcherdt, Walsh, Brad Kilpatrick and Matt McQuaid) at Maxwell's in Hoboken, just before they took the stage to open for Super Furry Animals. Here, they offer insight on the products they can't live without.

You guys have done quite a bit of touring, most recently with !!!...
BB: Yeah it was like the question mark versus the exclamation mark. It was like a grammar rodeo.

Were they a lot of fun to tour with?
MM: Definitely. We’ve been lucky we only tour with nice bands.

What’s the number one thing you miss about home when you’re on the road?
GW: Probably our girlfriends.
BB: I miss my cat.
MM: I’m pretty partial to my own bed…
BB: My bed sucks I don’t care.
GW: I’ve got hookups for you. My sister works for the Four Seasons and she can get crazy discounts [on Stearns & Foster.

Aren’t those like $3,000 mattresses?
GW: Yep, only we pay $500! If they do a big order it’s super-cheap.

Have you picked up any particularly interesting products abroad?
MM: I got this slimy, waxy lip stuff [called Lip Therapy] in the UK that’s lasted forever. It comes in a little tube. It’s in a little round tube and it’s Vaseline brand. But I’ve never found it the same way. It has aloe in it.
BB: It’s probably whale…[laughs].
BK: And the Yorkie bars. Yorkie bar: not for girls. There’s a picture of a girl on it with a slash through it.
MM: Maybe that just means they’re no girls in the
BB: It’s not tested on girls. I was eating those magnum chocolate covered chocolate ice cream bars a lot. I was out there in the UK when it was freezing, eating them; our tour manager thought I was crazy.
MM: There’s also a Danish candy called Skipper Skraw that was the tentative title for one of the songs our album. We still call it that sometimes, but we had to name it something else because we didn’t want to get sued by some crazy ...

Out of all of your instruments, what’s your favorite?
BB: Tuba [laugs].
GW: My favorite thing to play is this little synth that I have. A friend gave it to me. I don’t know where it’s from. It’s called the Rhythmic8 and unfortunately I've never seen another one except for a guy from Australia was selling it online. It’s probably this big [gesturing with his hands]. And all the sounds are 8 bit. They sound like a Nintendo. It’s straight out of a video game. Even though you can't really find that particular synth, there's a company out of Gothenburg, Sweden called Elektron that makes a synth out of the circuit of a Commodore 64. It sounds amazing...if anyone knows where I can get another Rythmic8 keyboard, let me know! They're super rare!
MM: That’s my favorite too.

Do you ever get to play it?
MM: No, no I don’t.

Do you ever buy new instruments?
[They slowly nod in unison.]

Is it true that you “find [instruments] in the trash and plug it in?”
GW: Yeah, we’ll do that too. That’s cool. We’ll pull thing out of the trash… like Bryan’s film synchronizer. It makes wicked sounds.
BB: I stole a butter knife from the kitchen I’m going to use that tonight. I’ll be wielding it around manically. That’s before the show even starts.

You've played some pretty big shows—the Glastonbury festival included. How was that?
BB: Money… and chaotic fun… drunk…
GW: It wasn’t like most festivals cause we were camping so we were roughing it. Plus, it’s just huge. But it was a lot of fun.
BB: I thought we were getting shitty treatment. I was like, ‘I can’t believe they’re making us stay in these tents!’ And then the Who were staying right next to us, getting all upset, the mud was getting all over their outfits. Yea they blew the helicopter budget on Arcade Fire so… it was cool. It was fun meeting them and hanging out.

~Interview by Abbey Braden