Fun! Pat LePoidevin's new one is a concept sci-fi trip to outer
space and the future, as seen through the eyes of two explorer kids.
Captain Myles and Lucy are two members of the Society of Planet Research
(SPR), a group of future kids who build a space ship out of discarded
parts from junkyards, and go on an adventure. It's a deceptive little
adventure that seems childlike on the surface but is all about
relationships, both childhood and adult, responsibility (adults kind of
fail at that one), where we're headed down the road, and all this crazy
technology we're getting so used to and dependent on.
That's
just my reading of it, LePoidevin probably has a few other tricks up
his sleeve embedded in the story and the game. That's right, the game,
because there's a video game too, over at www.patlepoidevin.com.
I'm no gamer, so I'll stick with the tunes, which are pretty easy-going
and easy to follow, which is preferable in a concept album. It's good
to have a story that's understandable. Musically, it's your basic indie
with a twangy guitar doing much of the talking, along with LePoidevin's
plaintive telling of the tale.
It's
a tour too, as LePoidevin's taking the rocket ship on the road. He's
waltzing through the Maritimes to start, with shows in the following:
Friday, June 22 - Governors' Pub, Sydney, N.S.
Sun., June 24 - Buddha Bear Cafe/Holy Whale Brewery, Alma N.B, 3 PM
Sun., June 24 - Baba's Lounge, Charlottetown, 8 PM
Friday, June 29 - Broad Cove Hall, South Shore, N.S.
Sat., June 30 - The Seahorse, Halifax
Thurs, July 5 - The Commune New Glasgow, N.S.
Friday, July 6 - The Capitol, Fredericton
Sat., July 7 - Red Herring, St. Andrews, N.B.
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