Peppertree
Dipping their toes in the the realm of vaporous epic rock is Montreal’s Peppetree. Composed of four musicians who have listened to a lot of Radiohead and My Bloody Valentine, their songs are vast and encompassing, the kind which just seem to wrap themselves around you and refuse to let you splice off into a side conversation until it’s done.
Somewhere between the guitar riffs and the electronic sequences rises singer Patrick Poirier’s voice, giving life to both French and English tunes. Flowing effortlessly from reassuringly soft to clamourously distant in a stanza, it empowers each Peppertree tune with a bold sense of drama. Paired up with the band’s deconstructive techniques, and you get a Hitchcockian feel of urgency, as if something is always on the verge of happening. And, thankfully, it never leaves us hanging.
Score one more for the Montreal music scene.
La cage appât
La bombe dans l’oeil
Wallpaper
Myriads of Stars
Brume en équerre
Via 3hive.