Friday, October 16, 2015

Early to bed

Last week I went over to Pressed for some bedroom pop and psych; in addition to Ottawa's own Pipahauntas, mysterious and intertwined combos Beds and Sunshine & The Blue Moon delivered some early-T. Rex meets Pavement action. S&BM were up first. Apart from their point of origin - Thunder Bay - I don't know much about them. The core of the band is vocalist Sunshine; Christopher Sandes plays bass (and also plays in Beds), while Andrew Simpson played both guitar and rums on their demos.

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Guitar action!

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Shadowy action, courtesy of Pressed's new stage lighting - by which I mean a table lamp on the floor in front of the stage.

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Singalong action!

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Percussive action!

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

More keyboards!

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Microphone-sharing action!

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

Former bassist Bucky (also in Beds) helped out on the final tune.

Sunshine & the Blue Moon at Pressed

On to Beds, and a couple of familiar faces.

Beds at Pressed

The rest of Beds' heads.

Beds at Pressed

Bucky sings!

Beds at Pressed

Gripping action!

Beds at Pressed

Singalong action!

Beds at Pressed

More guitar!

Beds at Pressed

Extra Bucky!

Beds at Pressed

Percussive action!

Beds at Pressed

Sleepy action!

Beds at Pressed

And of course the traitional drummer photo taken through the entryway window.

Beds at Pressed

There was some instrument-switching.

Beds at Pressed

Even more singalong action!

Beds at Pressed

I've seen Pipahauntas quite a bit in the last year; Sam's solo side is really good. However, it seems it was time for the next step - getting some honest-to-goodness musicians to back her up live. Adam Saikaley, Gary from Bondar, and Fucked Corpse member/Uncle Phil sideman/oddball karaoke champ Patric are the raw recruits.

Pipahauntas at Pressed

Here's Adam. It was definitely getting too dark for flashless photography.

Pipahauntas at Pressed

There you go then.

Pipahauntas at Pressed

Candlelit action!

Pipahauntas at Pressed

Keyboard action with Patric!

Pipahauntas at Pressed

The end!

Pipahauntas at Pressed

A fine sort-of debut.

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