Miracle Territory Presents: By Divine Right w/VALLEYSPEAK, Jenina MacGillivray

Event Details

Event type: All Ages / Licensed

*Sadleir House has extremely limited parking.  Please consider alternative transit when planning your visit. Street parking south of parkhill on George St and north and south of parkhill on Water St.*

MIRACLE TERRITORY PRESENTS:

BY DIVINE RIGHT // VALLEYSPEAK // JENINA MACGILLIVRAY

By Divine Right is a Canadian indie rock band led by guitarist and vocalist José Miguel Contreras. In the mid to late nineties Canada was experiencing an indie rock explosion. Long before the internet drew international attention northward to the likes of Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, a handful of Canadian bands were building an exciting sound – something altogether unique from the rest of the world. At the epicenter of this churning bubble was By Divine Right. Centered around the psychedelic song writing of Jose Contreras, By Divine Right’s line-up was ever evolving. Ranging between tight pop perfection and all-out noise hysteria, the band has included the talent of later musical crusaders such as Broken Social Scene‘s Brendan Canning and Feist, members of The Meligrove Band, and Holy Fuck‘s Brian Borcherdt

Valleyspeak are a collaborative kosmische power pop group based in Peterborough, Ontario who explore long-form motorik improvisation, drone, and pop forms through high-intensity performance. They are currently recording their debut album at their home studio.

Born in Cape Breton, raised on PEI and based in Newfoundland, many of Jenina MacGillivray’s songs are deeply located on the islands of Atlantic Canada - friends in Glace Bay, Fairfield and St. John’s - and further afield - lost loves in Portugal, the Isle of Wight and in the American Southwest.
With a voice that “evokes another era” MacGillivray’s songs are wistful, earnest, folky and fun. Her first album Marion won Music NL’s album of the year and Female Artist of the year.
Jenina returns with her sophomore album Perseids, released September 2024: “Jenina’s album manages a unity in its contradictions: both light and heavy; local and universal in scope, nostalgic with an insistent attachment to the now; sung in a voice both strong and tremulous” (Riddle Fence)