Pastel Blank • Torrent • Rise Carmine (solo)
Schedule
Fri, 01 May, 2026 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Baby G | Toronto, ON
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Transmit PresentsPastel Blank
https://pastelblank.bandcamp.com/
Pastel Blank revolves around the songs and voice of songwriter Angus Watt. It is brought to life by an ever-shifting cast of musicians and recurring collaborators from Montréal, Vancouver, and Victoria, and exists somewhere between a “solo” project and a band.
Experimentation is cloaked in pop-minded song structure: the sheen and gloss of a disco ball glints off the edges of sharp, angular post-punk sensibilities. The groove is a morse code stutter; there is funkiness, but it is tempered by a wide-eyed nervousness, as if the songs themselves aren’t sure what will happen next. The result is a warped fun house mirror of referentialism: a collage of sounds that are at once familiar and yet also slightly alien in their combination.
Pastel Blank offers an opportunity for catharsis: today’s anxieties become tonight’s reason to dance.
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Torrent
https://torrenttor.bandcamp.com/
Art-rock and post-punk band. Using the despondent tone of post-punk soaked in the acid bath of eclectic samples and rhythms, TORRENT seeks to capture the fear, anxiety, anger, and paradoxes of life in the digital age.
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Rise Carmine (solo)
https://risecarmine.bandcamp.com/
Rise Carmine exists at the center of a genre-less world. Pulled in all directions by a lifetime of influences and a long flirtation with music school, Rise Carmine (AKA Liam Colbert) can’t help but write the kind of music that will not be contained by a single set of parameters. It’s an unabashedly eclectic sound equally rooted in 90s indie rock and new-age psychedelia, but that dabbles in anything that has a pulse. Liam writes all the music. He plays all the instruments (save for some drums). He records in his bedroom. This is the only way he knows how to do it.
The upcoming album ‘Under The Red Light’ is a celebration of things that take place in the shadows - those secret meetings and sweaty unions on grungy club floors - where bodies and whispers and sweat twist and converge under flashes of light. The music is reminiscent of bands like Nine Inch Nails, Royal Blood, and Tame Impala. All set to a soundtrack that would find a home blasting out of dirty club speakers and on festival stages. Lead by driving, pulsing bass lines and lead singer Colbert’s soaring vocals, the music is all at once anthemic yet danceable.
In anticipation of the LP being released in the summer of 2026, Rise Carmine will be releasing a steady drip of singles and will be heading out on the road on a central and east-coast Canadian
tour in the fall. The buzzy live show has earned them recent support slots for The Mysterines, The Amazons, We Are Scientists, Lost Cousins, and Kasador, as well as appearances at Supercrawl, POP Montreal, and Wintersong. Hear one of the latest singles ‘Hooked’ on SiriusXM radio.
19+
$21.53 (includes taxes/fees)
www.transmitpresents.com
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Where is it happening?
The Baby G, 1610 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6K 1T8, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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