{"id":144165,"date":"2025-08-31T05:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=gig_review&#038;p=144165"},"modified":"2025-08-31T05:39:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T09:39:39","slug":"fme-2025-apacalda-cracks-the-door-for-us","status":"publish","type":"gig_review","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fme-2025-apacalda-cracks-the-door-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"FME 2025: APACALDA Cracks the Door for Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together dark tones, bedroom boudoir, and electrifying pop sensibilities, APACALDA was one of the steadiest acts at FME on Saturday. Cassandra Angheluta brought incredible intimacy to the once-sterile environment of L\u2019ordre Loyal des Moose, drawing us in with dark, heavy, yet incredibly restrained and refined tracks. Her band, made up of Raphy Bedard de Vilca (bass) and Caleb LeBel (drums), is right in the pocket alongside her, pulling us through pitch-black waters like ferrymen as we\u2019re treated to maze-like song structures and captivating vocals. Bedard de Vilca plays with poise and a seemingly endless supply of restrained energy, while LeBel\u2019s intricate, subtle drum work provides the perfect energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The word for Apacalda is restraint. Like a tight bandage on an old wound, Angheluta can shift effortlessly from breathy, secretive passages to incredible climaxes, dancing on a tightrope in a world of her own while she does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a deep reservoir of vulnerability and pain behind the initially catchy offerings of Apacalda, something that feels almost too private to look at directly. But still, Angheluta pulls us back every time, inviting us, then demanding us to look at the bloodied parts of her that produce such a visceral, compelling sound. Apacalda is at once instantly approachable and deeply challenging, caught in the middle of two extremes to deliver a beautiful tension unlike anything else we saw this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photos by Jacob Zweig<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0761-APACALDA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0761-APACALDA-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0761-APACALDA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0761-APACALDA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0761-APACALDA-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0736-APACALDA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0736-APACALDA-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0736-APACALDA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0736-APACALDA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0736-APACALDA-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>crowd shot: Julia Mela<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8345-APA-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8345-APA-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8345-APA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8345-APA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/panm360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8345-APA-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing together dark tones, bedroom boudoir, and electrifying pop sensibilities, APACALDA was one of the steadiest acts at FME on Saturday. Cassandra Angheluta brought incredible intimacy to the once-sterile environment of L\u2019ordre Loyal des Moose, drawing us in with dark, heavy, yet incredibly restrained and refined tracks. Her band, made up of Raphy Bedard de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1390,"featured_media":144166,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[8152],"tags":[8720],"genre":[6530,3287],"salle":[],"ville":[7283],"class_list":["post-144165","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","tag-fme","genre-dark-pop","genre-shoegaze-2","ville-rouyn-noranda-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FME 2025: APACALDA Cracks the Door for Us - PAN M 360<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/gig_review\/fme-2025-apacalda-cracks-the-door-for-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FME 2025: APACALDA Cracks the Door for Us - PAN M 360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bringing together dark tones, bedroom boudoir, and electrifying pop sensibilities, APACALDA was one of the steadiest acts at FME on Saturday. 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