Bruisey Peets
Dearest Valentine,
Marfa Open invites all you friends and lovers to our Valentine’s Day Variety Show this Monday, February 14th at Marfa Open Arts (102 S. Plateau). Featuring an art show in our main gallery, live music by touring musicians from NOLA, Bruisey Peets (“queer swamp pop”), and Morgan Orion, love letter + poetry readings (and complimentary dirty valentines cards) by Marfa Correspondence Society, ‘One Thousand Thousand’ Valentine’s-making-station, instant analog photobooth by Marfa Film Shop, funnel cake pop-up by culinary artist, James Race, and open wine bar from our sponsors Chateau Wright.
When & Where: Monday, February 14th at Marfa Open Arts (102 S Plateau St.)
Doors at 7:30pm, festivities kick off at 8pm.
Bruisey Peets
Dreamy vocals that bring to mind the slower works of Ween and even My Morning Jacket's Jim James. -- Glide Magazine
Mixing Cajun influences with an indie ethos and a vaudeville flair, Bruisey Peets draw inspiration from “sad-clown sincerity” and burnout, evoking Hamilton Leithauser and the millennial satire of Cheekface. - Country Queer
‘From swamp to shining swamp, Bruisey Peets (Ben Usie) has steadily evolved with his unique brand of queer swamp pop. Equal parts earnest songwriting and performance art, Bruisey Peets shows are charmingly confrontational and subversively playful. Originally from Lafayette LA, Usie lived in DC for the better part of a decade playing in bands such as Pree and Br’er while also directing music videos for bands such as Br’er, Paperhaus, Pree, and Deleted Scenes. Usie released his first Bruisey Peets records as he exited the Beehive and the greater DC DIY house show scene that he had helped reactivate throughout the 2010’s. Performing solo with a stage full of sequencers and synths, Bruisey seduced intimate crowds with tape-hiss hits like Asshole of Capitalism (2017 Blight. Records) and Ur Not Free (2018 Blight. Records).’
Morgan Orion
"Morgan Orion's songs deal in realms of love, fits of desire, and possess a unique awareness of the human condition." -Sam Doores, The Deslondes/Hurray For the Riff Raff
"Orion is in the Jonathan Richman school of delivery, and has a great way not only with words but also with phrasing." - Robert Gordon, Grammy Award-winning writer and filmmaker