DISTORSION Returns with Meggie Lennon, Paul Jacobs, and Fleece (Théâtre Plaza)

Montreal's favourite psych fest, DISTORSION, returned this past weekend to Théâtre Plaza and featured a slew of visionary artists from the United States, England, and Quebec's alternative music scene.

We were able to catch the Friday night show highlighting local scene sweethearts Meggie Lennon, Paul Jacobs, and Fleece.

Meggie Lennon brought a soft influx of psychotropic haze, performing tracks from her debut record Sounds From Your Lips. She played alongside a full band in glamourous baby blue satin outfits and had the crowd swooning almost instantly. 

Paul Jacobs came next, high-energy as always, sharing songs from his much-celebrated album Pink Dogs on the Green Grass. The performance was accompanied by projections of his wonderfully strange hand-drawn animations.

Fleece was last to play, but certainly not least, beginning their performance by walking onstage to Kesha's "TiK ToK." The band performed a selection of silky and warm titles from their latest opus, Stunning & Atrocious, with gorgeous outfits and silly stage banter. 

The projections of the night were created and performed by Anthony Piazza. His performances featured experimentation with real-time audio-reactive visual effects, video feedback with live cameras, and triggered clips with layering alongside manually controlled effects.

Thank you to Distortion for the media pass, and to their partners, MOTHLAND, ANALOGUE ADDICTION, POP MONTRÉAL, BLUE SKIES TURN BLACK, FACTOR, and LA FONDATION SOCAN for the excellent curation and production.

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