Now that the sun is shining, early evening concerts are much more easy to attend. The Blue Grotto in downtown Kamloops has been taking on more rock acts lately, and I'm all for it.
This concert took place on Sunday, June 17th, featuring two local acts, Abby Wale and At Mission Dolores, and Victoria's Bridal Party, on their way through BC headed to the Sled Island Festival in Calgary.
Abby Wale was up first. Abby was (is?) a member of the Kamloops based country/pop band The Bees and the Bare Bones, now out on a solo outing. Abby just had a few songs to play in the pop/rock vein, finishing up a 20 minute set of self-described "sad songs" with aplomb, both singing and playing guitar with her backing band.
Victoria's
Bridal Party were a pleasant surprise to my ears. Minimalist dreamy indy pop, summery vibes and a vaguely detached delivery. Think early Talking Heads crossed with Beach House with Kate Bush as lead singer. Or like an indy pop version of the Beach Boys. They even had a beach chair on stage with them, and singer Suzannah Raudaschl sat down for a few songs. I bought both of their albums (on tape), I was so impressed with them.
At Mission Dolores are local favourites and the flagship band of
Factotum Recording, who promoted the show. They have the feel of a slacker indy rock band, with the guitar noodling tendencies of a jam band, like Weezer if they had Phish's guitar section. They had the crowd going all through their set and had them chanting for more music when they were done.
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