Wallgrin + Devours
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Wallgrin
Wallgrin is the experimental art-pop project of Toronto-based composer, vocalist and violinist Tegan Wahlgren. Drawing from a background in Celtic fiddle and choral singing, Wallgrin moves between lush string-based orchestration, beat-driven pop, and ornate vocal arrangements. From their 2018 debut Bird/Alien to their most recent album, Yet Again The Wheel Turns, Wallgrin’s world-building has always revolved around fantastical and mythological imagery. Called “an innovative artist who is just starting to flex their myriad skills and talents” (CBC Music), and a songwriter who “measures up to standards set by art-pop visionaries like Björk and Kate Bush" (Northern Transmissions), their spirited and raw live performances have led them to international festivals like Iceland Airwaves, The Great Escape, and Tallinn Music Week.
With Jen Yakamovich (drums), Elisa Thorn (harp), Nikko Whitworth (bass), Amanda Sum (keys/synth).
Devours
Devours is the dark synth-pop project of Vancouver-based DIY musician Jeff Cancade. Across five acclaimed underground albums, including 2023's Polaris Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They’ve toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim!, and the Globe and Mail, and brought ecstatic introspection to festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Sled Island, JunoFest, and more. Exclaim! calls Devours’ subversive and club-bangingly inclusive underground queer pop “unpredictable, and relentlessly catchy.” Better still, it’s completely, irresistibly danceable.
Presented in association with Queer Arts Festival.
Thanks to the Graham and Gayle Cooke Foundation.
There will be tickets available at the door.
Wallgrin is the experimental art-pop project of Toronto-based composer, vocalist and violinist Tegan Wahlgren. Drawing from a background in Celtic fiddle and choral singing, Wallgrin moves between lush string-based orchestration, beat-driven pop, and ornate vocal arrangements. From their 2018 debut Bird/Alien to their most recent album, Yet Again The Wheel Turns, Wallgrin’s world-building has always revolved around fantastical and mythological imagery. Called “an innovative artist who is just starting to flex their myriad skills and talents” (CBC Music), and a songwriter who “measures up to standards set by art-pop visionaries like Björk and Kate Bush" (Northern Transmissions), their spirited and raw live performances have led them to international festivals like Iceland Airwaves, The Great Escape, and Tallinn Music Week.
With Jen Yakamovich (drums), Elisa Thorn (harp), Nikko Whitworth (bass), Amanda Sum (keys/synth).
Devours
Devours is the dark synth-pop project of Vancouver-based DIY musician Jeff Cancade. Across five acclaimed underground albums, including 2023's Polaris Prize-longlisted Homecoming Queen, Devours has written confessional and confrontational electronic music about masculinity, body image, gay politics, and inner-city queer existence. They’ve toured Canada and the US, received coverage from Vice, CBC, Exclaim!, and the Globe and Mail, and brought ecstatic introspection to festivals such as SXSW, Treefort Music Fest, Sled Island, JunoFest, and more. Exclaim! calls Devours’ subversive and club-bangingly inclusive underground queer pop “unpredictable, and relentlessly catchy.” Better still, it’s completely, irresistibly danceable.
Presented in association with Queer Arts Festival.
Thanks to the Graham and Gayle Cooke Foundation.
There will be tickets available at the door.
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Ocean Artworks, 1531 Johnston St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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