Wcpo Lounge Acts

Colin Rigsby of colorful pop band Vesperteen performs live and chats for WCPO Lounge Acts.What is it about Columbus that’s inspired so much joyous, colorful pop music lately? From world-beating duo Twenty One Pilots to up-and-comers Vesperteen, our neighbor to the north is doing something very right. Fronted by drummer/singer Colin Rigsby, Vesperteen channels the glammy vibe of Queen shot through with the sexual energy of 1980s Australian pop-rock icons INXS and the electronic bent of contemporary groups like Bleachers and The 1975.The band’s self-titled 2015 EP features their signature digital pop anthem, “Shatter in the Night,” a rousing track that mixes programmed drums and keyboards under distorted vocals and guitars for an epic song that belongs in front of massive festival crowds even as the group makes its way up the musical ladder in sweaty rock clubs. The other tunes on that six-track effort stir in elements of gospel (“I Never Knew How to Love You”), ambient rock (“Obsess/Possess”) and the aforement