 The band's name is a phonetic rendering of "carquois" (French for a quiver of arrows).After reaching the final stages of the Francouvertes contest in 2001, the band released its debut album, "Le Pensionnat des établis", in 2003.The album's single "Poisson cru" reached the top of Quebec's campus radio charts, and was named the best album of the year by two critics for Montreal's alternative weekly "Voir".