Kandle moved to Montréal to be closer to Goldberg Jr., and they soon founded The Krooks, featuring Jason Kent (The Dears, Sunfields) on bass and vocals, David Deïas on drums and Félix Dyotte and Tim Fletcher (The Stills) on guitars and keyboards.
After touring the EP in North America and Europe, Kandle headed back to the studio with Goldberg and her father on production duty.
She teamed up with Sam Goldberg (Broken Social Scene), Devon Portielje (Half Moon Run), Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and producers John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent) and Alex Bonenfant (July Talk, Crystal Castles) to make her most powerful record yet, with songs tackling sexual assault, abuse of power, life on the road, trauma, and pain with vulnerability and force.
The first single "When My Body Breaks” was released January 2018, featuring Peter Dreimanis of label mates July Talk and has been nominated for the 2018 JUNO Award for Engineer of the Year (Jason Dufour).
In 2018, Kandle appeared in Jack White’s video for “Corporation” from his latest album Boarding House Reach, written and directed by Jodeb.
Kandle began playing shows with her father, Neil Osborne, lead singer-guitarist-songwriter for Vancouver band 54-40, billing themselves as A Family Curse.