First Crush Presents... Casper Skulls / Scrip Issue / Nick Bendzsa
8:00 PM on Friday May. 2nd
LIVE! on Elgin, 220 Elgin Street, 2nd Floor
Price: $15+fees in advance / $20/PWYC at the door
8:00 PM on Friday May. 2nd
LIVE! on Elgin, 220 Elgin Street, 2nd Floor
Price: $15+fees in advance / $20/PWYC at the door
Casper Skulls (Toronto-Sudbury)
https://casperskulls.bandcamp.com/music
Casper Skulls have successfully grown into their own on their newest album Kit-Cat (Next Door Records, April 11, 2025), taking a refreshingly patient and collaborative approach to songwriting that ultimately left the Sudbury/Toronto, Ontario band creating the best album of their career. On Kit-Cat, Casper Skulls become a fully involved effort shared between band members and longtime friends Melanie St-Pierre-Bednis, Neil Bednis, and Fraser McClean. The combined effort that fueled Kit-Cat paints a poignant picture of what Casper Skulls has evolved into since their last record was released in 2021. “We decided to make this album super fun without overthinking it,” St-Pierre-Bednis says. “That approach made the songs turn out even better.” The result is an 11-track mosaic of the band’s life in recent years, grieving loved ones and lost relationships, full of self-love and love shared between longtime bandmates who not only explore new lyrical inspirations but shuffle their lineup from track-to-track to showcase their ultimate strength: collaboration. Casper Skulls have an impressive touring history, sharing stages with renowned acts such as PUP, Thurston Moore, Spirit of the Beehive and Kathleen Hannah. Their live shows are a force to be reckoned with, captivating audiences and turning heads with their commanding stage presence.
Scrip Issue (Ottawa)
https://scripissue.bandcamp.com/album/barbed-wire-simulator
Scrip Issue are fans of post-punk, no wave, and noise rock, creating new ideas to combine with those sounds. Live sets blend unique guitar sounds with a high-energy rhythm section. For fans of No Age, the Drin, and Protomartyr.
Nick Bendzsa (Montreal)
https://nickbendzsa.bandcamp.com/
Dark, sensitive, direct, spiritual and tender; Bendzsa blends trap, acoustic folk, ambient, and indie to texture and paint an exaggerated world of genuine experience and fantasy. Raised in Newfoundland, the producer, songwriter and audio engineer currently lives in Montreal. Bendzsa’s emotionally blunt yet subtly humorous lyrics are delivered by his distinctive voice; sometimes tortured, sometimes sweet, always deep, strong and expressive.
All ages / Licensed
Doors at 8:00PM, 8:20PM show
First Crush Safer Spaces Policy
Attendees, artists and staff are expected to respect one another and the space. Zero tolerance for any form of violence, aggression, oppressive behaviour & language, or bullying. If you are currently implicated in an accountability process, please ensure you are respecting the well-being of others.
LIVE! On Elgin Accessibility
Unfortunately, LIVE! On Elgin is not an accessible venue for everyone. Stairs are required to enter the space on the second floor of the building. Gender neutral washrooms are available.
https://casperskulls.bandcamp.com/music
Casper Skulls have successfully grown into their own on their newest album Kit-Cat (Next Door Records, April 11, 2025), taking a refreshingly patient and collaborative approach to songwriting that ultimately left the Sudbury/Toronto, Ontario band creating the best album of their career. On Kit-Cat, Casper Skulls become a fully involved effort shared between band members and longtime friends Melanie St-Pierre-Bednis, Neil Bednis, and Fraser McClean. The combined effort that fueled Kit-Cat paints a poignant picture of what Casper Skulls has evolved into since their last record was released in 2021. “We decided to make this album super fun without overthinking it,” St-Pierre-Bednis says. “That approach made the songs turn out even better.” The result is an 11-track mosaic of the band’s life in recent years, grieving loved ones and lost relationships, full of self-love and love shared between longtime bandmates who not only explore new lyrical inspirations but shuffle their lineup from track-to-track to showcase their ultimate strength: collaboration. Casper Skulls have an impressive touring history, sharing stages with renowned acts such as PUP, Thurston Moore, Spirit of the Beehive and Kathleen Hannah. Their live shows are a force to be reckoned with, captivating audiences and turning heads with their commanding stage presence.
Scrip Issue (Ottawa)
https://scripissue.bandcamp.com/album/barbed-wire-simulator
Scrip Issue are fans of post-punk, no wave, and noise rock, creating new ideas to combine with those sounds. Live sets blend unique guitar sounds with a high-energy rhythm section. For fans of No Age, the Drin, and Protomartyr.
Nick Bendzsa (Montreal)
https://nickbendzsa.bandcamp.com/
Dark, sensitive, direct, spiritual and tender; Bendzsa blends trap, acoustic folk, ambient, and indie to texture and paint an exaggerated world of genuine experience and fantasy. Raised in Newfoundland, the producer, songwriter and audio engineer currently lives in Montreal. Bendzsa’s emotionally blunt yet subtly humorous lyrics are delivered by his distinctive voice; sometimes tortured, sometimes sweet, always deep, strong and expressive.
All ages / Licensed
Doors at 8:00PM, 8:20PM show
First Crush Safer Spaces Policy
Attendees, artists and staff are expected to respect one another and the space. Zero tolerance for any form of violence, aggression, oppressive behaviour & language, or bullying. If you are currently implicated in an accountability process, please ensure you are respecting the well-being of others.
LIVE! On Elgin Accessibility
Unfortunately, LIVE! On Elgin is not an accessible venue for everyone. Stairs are required to enter the space on the second floor of the building. Gender neutral washrooms are available.