Orville Peck

Do masks hide the truth? Or just expose it? Masked performers are a love-it or hate-it deal for most people. Despite that mixed reaction, the fact is, ...

What Peck and Forge appear to have done is tie together the visions of temptations and the eternity of regrets that follow. Wearing a mask then hides one’s face and side-steps the ultimate sacrifice – selling one’s soul. [Psychology Today ](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brick-brick/201812/the-whispering-walls-tobias-forge)Forge said, “But I also need to be clear in saying that the concept of anonymity as opposed to masked, that was something that I gave up very early. “If anything, I think that my mask helps eliminate pretense, and this idea of having to go onstage and perform as someone or something I’m not.” Hell, even Ye, jumped on the bandwagon and strapped a mask on. Why are listeners drawn to that vision and does it have a subliminal effect on us? The lyrics of each song melt and meld into the other’s, weaving an eccentric web of heaven and hell, joy and pain, love and hate. We’re left to wonder about our own past, and the bargains we’ve struck. Peck’s bordello baritone keeps cowboys coming, and his pansexual puns wave the rainbow flag next to the stars and bars. What is also common is the downside of the arc, when all that check-writing comes due. Created in the 14th Century by a German writer, Mephisto is synonymous with Orville Peck performed at the Palomino Festival in Pasadena CA in the summer of 2022.