Interview - Pyrenees Love Triangle

Julian Hacquebard has spent years building immersive worlds through music, whether with his long-running band Send Medicine or, more recently, through his writing. Now, under the moniker Pyrenees Love Triangle, he’s unveiling Babylon—a six-track debut EP that blends psychedelic rock, alternative dance, sophisti-pop, and electronica into something both nostalgic and forward-looking. Packed with hypnotic grooves, dreamlike narratives, and sharp observations about contemporary life, Babylon captures the tension between escapism and excess, movement and introspection. We spoke with Hacquebard about the evolution of the project, balancing rhythm with lyrical depth, and the influences that shaped one of the year’s most intriguing genre-defying releases.

Welcome to MeloDrift. Can you tell us a little bit about your musical background?

I grew up playing the drums. My father was sort of a drummer for a while. Then I started taking guitar lessons around 9 or so from a Spaniard who as you might imagine was well versed in the classical persuasion. I just wanted him to teach me power chords to rudimentary pop rock songs that were popular in the late 90s and early aughts. He rolled his eyes and acquiesced, but I picked up some good finger picking skills from him along the way. Started playing in bands in high school. Everything from Punk to Post Rock. Started the Psych Rock outfit Send Medicine in my early 20s which still exists to this day. The experiences of the latter could and will someday fill a book. Scooped up the basic particulars of the piano at 30 at Pasadena City College as an elective. Have been exploring the back alleys of many obscure music genres and artists for as long as I can remember. 

If your life had a theme song, what would it be? 

Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby 

Who or what have been the most impactful influences on your musical style and sound?

It changes regularly, but there have been some standouts that never leave the table - The Clash. The Velvet Underground, Bowie, Miles Davis…

How do your life experiences shape your songwriting, and what emotions or ideas do you hope listeners connect with in your music?

Life experiences play a HUGE part in shaping the songwriting, but more often than not, the lyrics are driving the bus and they come out masked and anonymous. Sometimes it will be months later where I’ll discover the agenda they are trying to unearth. I hope listeners find little nods throughout the material that feel like an invitation. 

Each phase of music-making—writing, recording, rehearsing, and performing—has its own unique rewards. Could you share a memorable moment from each stage?

Writing can have an alchemical air about it, which sounds pretentious AF but its 100% true. Recording can take on an air of invoking spirits. Rehearsing can be full of massive left turn surprises which can frequently elevate a song. And performance is where you can be liberated away from the boredom of the mundane and get away with being an unbridled freak if you want to.  

Is there a song of yours that holds particular personal significance? We’d love to know more about the story or the inspiration behind it.

“Boulevard St-Laurent” is technically a street in Montreal which I’m sure I visited in my early twenties but cant remember it specifically. Montreal as a whole does live in a somewhat mystical place in my head, because there was a time where other musicians would come back from there (to Toronto) and speak like it was the new holy land of the music scene. I experienced this vicariously through other people. Flashes of these memories went into slices of this song, but like a lot of songs I write, this memory might only hold significance for a moment, or a phrase, and then it might fold into another direction of a threaded tissue, where it gets hijacked into another plane of existence. That didn’t really answer the question so much…

If you could swap lives with any musician for a day, who would it be and what would you do?

Bowie. Return to the mothership. 

What’s a guilty pleasure song you secretly love but might surprise your fans?

“Never give up on the good times” by The Spice Girls 

Looking ahead, what are some goals or dreams you have for your music and career?

I’d love to take the live project to all the continents and record along the way, all the while, making a little guap - that sounds pretty alright to me. 

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