Saturday, August 01, 2015

Problem child

I headed over to Pressed on Thursday to check out a trio of acts covering a wide range of pop sounds. Headliner Gregory Pepper, a long-serving Guelph power-popper, is touring some Weezer-worshipping sounds, locals Pony Girl are exploring their acoustic side, and Montreal's Old Haunt is having a religious experience, so the sounds were fairly diverse. Pony Girl were on stage first. I gather they were quite a bit quieter than usual. Here's Yolande, soundchecking some clarinet.

Pony Girl at Pressed

Gripping action with Pascal!

Pony Girl at Pressed

Percussive action with Jeff!

Pony Girl at Pressed

Julien strums!

Pony Girl at Pressed

Singalong action!

Pony Girl at Pressed

The whole lot!

Pony Girl at Pressed

More singalong action!

Pony Girl at Pressed

Old Haunt - in this case represented by main man Lucas Huang - has a new EP coming out on Monday, dubbed Refuge, containing songs like Get Back Satan that deal with Lucas's "complicated" relationship with religion.

Old Haunt at Pressed

It's got a folk, ambient and gospel feel to it (you can download it free online).

Old Haunt at Pressed

Next up, the stripiest band in the land, Guelph's Gregory Pepper and His Problems. Pepper's latest album Chorus! Chorus! Chorus!, named after his songwriting philosophy (I kid), comes out August 21, with the vinyl arriving sometime later once the record pressers are finished with re-releasing every 1990s album. Anyway, here he is with Tyson Brinacombe (far left), Alex Ricci (at back on bass), occasional Legato Viper Mike Brooks at right on guitar and mostly obscured drummer Adam Zantinge.

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

They kicked things off with a Thin Lizzy riff and spent the rest of the show doing cheesy rock moves.

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Tyson frets!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Mike sings!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Gregory shouts!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Guitar action!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

The whole lot!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed


Alex gets on down.

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Hair-shaking action!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Feedback action!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Adam hits!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

Extra Gregory!

Gregory Pepper and His Problems at Pressed

They finished things off with an encore of The Boys Are Back In Town.

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