AUGUST 2008 - EXCLAIM - LIVE REVIEW

Throughout their triumphant set, at least half of all musicians were singing at any given time and when all really connected, the goosebumps were raised and the tiny church was shaken to the core. Stomping, singing and growling their way through original numbers and revamps of chain-gang spirituals, the show hit a fever pitch at the end when singer Neil Haverty dropped the mic and ran up and down the pews, crying and singing to heaven like a man possessed. Indeed, when all the singers, who included Katie Stelmanis and Casey Mecija from Ohbijou, connected, the electricity could be felt and one was tempted to rise from your wooden pews to sway and clap. Everyone should be lucky enough to feel the power and energy that Bruce Peninsula seem to emit from a power on high. Hallejuah!