One year later

The nice folks at Ottawa Shobox and Debaser teamed up last week for another swell show at Pressed. Local lights The Yips opened things up for a bill including Year of Glad (who wowed me at Mugshots about a year ago) and Smokes, another Montreal combo (all three have been on a mini-tour together). On to Yips, starting with some percussive action from Jon!



Kerri gets a grip!



Zach strums!



Jon strums!



More Kerri!



Kurt handles the low end.



Smiley action!



The whole fisheyed lot!



On to Smokes; I hadn't heard of the band before this set but their hyper-dramatic rock'n'roll is quite catchy. Here's frontman Nick.



Patrick on violin!



Percussive action with Jeremy!



More Nick!



Rhythm section action with Andrew Miller!



Extra Jeremy!



Hairy action!



And some final jumping about!



Last time I saw Year of Glad, theye were performing as a trio; for this set they added a saxophonist and a second guitarist and things were more ecstatic than ethereal. Here's Justin on bass and mainman A.P.



Saxophonic action!



A.P. sings!



More guitar!



Extra Justin!



And a bit more A.P.



Good stuff!