Fresh Pepper (Vinyl)

Toronto outfit Fresh Pepper, led by longtime friends Andre Ethier and Joseph Shabason, playfully navigates the mental and emotional mark left on many musicians by such places. Shabason, Ethier, and company recount their culinary past lives across eight jazzy and benevolent tracks that exude their authors' sheer enjoyment of the creation process. Though the mental image of restaurant inner workings might trigger a mix of urgency, weariness, and yearning for a better livelihood, Fresh Pepper recolors these frazzled scenes with fondness and levity, exorcizing past workplace woes through skillful musicianship and an earnest, slightly bizarre sense of humor.

1. New Ways Of Chopping Onions: 7:03 2. Walkin: 3:07 3. Prep Cook In The Weeds: 4:55 4. Waiting: 5:46 5. Seahorse: 6:37 6. Dishpit: 3:04 7. Congee Around Me: 5:20 8. The Worm: 3:26

• Format Detail: LP
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Pop