Even though The PepTides are from Ottawa, chances are you haven’t seen them play live.

Mainly because, though they’ve released four albums, PepTides mastermind Claude Marquis and accomplice DeeDee Butters really just got a band.

“Claude and I have always been involved in arts, but neither one of us had that much experience being in rock bands, as it were,” explains Butters.

The PepTides music is reminiscent of old-time Broadway or something that may have been performed by a dark and twisted Judy Garland circa 1930.

It’s one thing to pull it off for the sake of an album, it’s another to replicate those songs live.

“It takes a long time to adapt a sound like ours to be made by real people, visual players on stage,” Butters says.

But, the hard work has definitely paid off. “It’s so magical to hear these songs that were on the album transmuted into a band,” says Marquis.

Now, the PepTides live show is a spectacle not to be missed.

“The energy in the music is really special,” says Butters.

“You don’t hear this stuff all the time. So the dynamics of the show, not only visually, but for the music aspect, it’s a lusher show. It’s not a pared-down experience at all.”