Photos: Wavelength THIRTEEN, Night One: Fresh Snow, This Mess, Lullabye Arkestra, Ell V Gore

Words by: Curtis Sindrey | Photos by: Stephen McGill –

The inaugural event of Wavelength Music Festival THIRTEEN began at Parts & Labour last night with Toronto-based punk rock trio This Mess, who released their debut album this week, followed by psych-instrumental act Fresh Snow, who is one of Wavelength’s new projects is the Artist Incubator series, Lullabye Arkestra, who’s performance was their first show in over a year due to the birth of their first child, and the night concluded with the “kings of the gothic post-punk underground” Ell V Gore, who will release their debut album in the spring. 

Ell Vee of Ell V Gore in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Ell Vee of Ell V Gore in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Hoey Chin of This Mess in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Alex Low of This Mess in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Justin Small of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Justin Small (left) and Kat Taylor-Small (right) of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Justin Small of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Justin Small of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Justin Small (left) and Kat Taylor-Small (right) of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Kat Taylor-Small of Lullabye Arkestra in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fresh Snow in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fresh Snow in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Brad Davis of Fresh Snow in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Richie Fingers of Ell V Gore in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Fresh Snow in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Matt NL (Left) and John McArdle (Right) of This Mess in Toronto. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)