I was told about this band today and a coworker showed me a youtube video of what they're like.
My question is not a joke, but the existence of this band may be?
Help me understand? Wtf this is? Is this an attempt to troll the world that people have accepted as "rock music" so they kept going? Is this "real music" and I'm the idiot?

It feels like elevator music for people in the "Beavis and Butthead" universe.

WTF IS HAPPENING?! (And no I'm not just talking about their absolutely ludicrous appearance, I'm talking about the whole package. The music sounds like LSD fueled song intros looped together without ever reaching a chorus, ever.

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[–] Unattributed@feddit.online 21 points 2 weeks ago

So, there are good explanations as to why they are popular, and not a joke even slightly.

What AdP have done is combined:

Pop rock using looping tech and really tight percussion / guitar work
Some very technical playing, especially using microtonal instruments with a 24 tone scale
A dada-esque aesthetic to make themselves standout
Created a lore that allows them to preserve some privacy

So, no, the music is not a joke. It's real music, made by musicians that have been performing together since they were ~13 years old (over a decade at this point). If you listened with a critical ear you might realize that many of their pieces are actually satirizing the clichés of pop-rock music. The aesthetic is made to be fun and get attention.

I've written a bit more about them here: The Summer of Angine de Poitrine.

Oh, and FYI—if this is a joke, it's one of the most successful jokes in nearly 20 years. They smashed the attendance record set by Stevie Wonder in 2009 for the Montreal Jazz Festival.