NOVEMBER 2007 - CHROMEWAVES - LIVE REVIEW

First up was Bruce Peninsula and, after seeing them at Dog Day Afternoon in the Summer, it was strange to see them indoors rather than under the late afternoon, country sky. Once underway, though, the eleven-piece outfit - more congregation than band - somehow managed to recreate that sense of elemental urgency, not unlike an impending thunderstorm. There's a rawness to their foreboding country gospel aesthetic that connects on a very primal level and as they continue to work on their debut album, I wonder how it'll be possible to capture that energy to tape. Maybe it'd be better to simply pile into a covered wagon and travel the country spreading the good word in person. Check them out on November 24 at the Horseshoe with The Acorn and be saved. Or damned. Or both.