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Departure Festival Review: Housewife, Lala Noel, May 10, The Rivoli

Posted on
12 May 2025
by
Paul

“This is the first time I’ve been at the Rivoli where there’s been seats out and it’s weird. It feel like a different venue.”

Brighid Fry, aka Housewife, made this observation partway through their mid-afternoon set at the longstanding Queen Street venue as part of the Unplugged North showcase. And yes, it did seem a bit weird to have not just seats, but also a few tables in front of the stage, giving the room a quasi-dinner theatre cabaret vibe.

Not only that, but the show, which also featured Lemin, Eric Brandon, and Lala Noel, had a slightly different vibe in general than your standard concert, with each performer doing a brief interview with host Patrick Bateman before their set, giving each a chance to promote anything they might have coming up in the future.

Up first on the bill was Lala Noel. Taking to the stage solo and with her only accompaniment coming from her own vocals sampled and looped into patterns and rhythms and essentially creating her own backing band of sorts, she put on an impressive performance and proved herself to be a powerhouse vocalist.

Following that, Housewife took to the stage and started things off with “Matilda,” a song about her bike getting stolen, following that up with “Life Of The Party” before then proclaiming, “Enough with the sad songs” and moving on to “Fuck Around Phase,” a song about “having fun for the first time in a while.” Fry closed out the set with “I Lied,” another track off Housewife’s recently released Girl Of The Hour EP. Check out the video for “I Lied” below.

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