Bluesfest: Peptides

A lot of people are very big on Ottawa's Peptides. They certainly have drawn a lot of attention from the Citizen's art editor Peter Simpson. I enjoyed their debut CD, which combined some precise pop with misanthropic attitude. Although they don't really sound alike, they made me think a bit of Sparks. As evidenced by their Bluesfest set, they're also quite snappy dressers and like their props. Although nominally a duo, they recruit a bunch of folks for their live shows.

I have no idea who most of them actually are ... the guitarist is David Campbell and I believe the drummer Aaron Clark.



They also have many a vocalist (Olexandra Pruchnicky at left, along with DeeDee Butters, Dale Waterman and main brain Claude Marquis).



Keyboard action with Scott Irving.



Singalong action with Rebecca Abbot!



And so on!



Clapping action!



Extra Claude!



Percussive action!



Back-to-back action!



Oh, and I did finally get around to taking a photo with bassist Andrew Burns in it that wasn't hopelessly fuzzy.



They actually played their last show of the year at Irene's on Saturday, and plan to soon release a new album, based on stories from The Vinyl Cafe.