‘Realizing that this work has resonated with audiences, and now with CION via these nominations, means an awesome deal. It tells us the messages within the album are significant to others and maybe provide a way of empowerment as properly,’ Tignanelli stated
North Bay’s perennial punks, Peach Pact, proceed to journey the wave of Die Hydrated, because the band has been nominated for 4 awards at this 12 months’s Northern Ontario Music and Movie Awards (NOMFA).
Peach Pact shaped in 2018 with Holly Cunningham on drums and Linds Sullivan on guitar. Bassist and vocalist Vanessa Tignanelli rounds out the ability trio. They launched their first album Die Hydrated in June 2025, with assist from a grand from the Ontario Arts Council.
Upon launch, the band described the file as “an unapologetic salvo of empowerment—a rapid-fire assortment of brash and poignant songs, poised to develop into a 21-century punk rock manifesto.”
That sonic “manifesto” continues to draw listeners and earn business recognition.
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“We’re honoured to see Die Hydrated acknowledged within the Excellent Album, Vocal Efficiency, Music Video, and Engineering classes at this 12 months’s NOMFA Awards,” Tignanelli advised BayToday. “The album represents the fruits of eight years of taking part in music collectively whereas navigating the pandemic, private life challenges, and witnessing the altering political local weather for girls and queer communities throughout North America.”
“Realizing that this work has resonated with audiences, and now with CION via these nominations, means an awesome deal. It tells us the messages within the album are significant to others and maybe provide a way of empowerment as properly,” Tignanelli continued. CION—Cultural Industries Ontario North—is the Sudbury-based arts group that produces the NOMFAs.
Die Hydrated was recorded in Sudbury at Deadpan Studios with producer Mather Wievel. Andrew Sowka in North Bay blended and mastered the recording for launch. The album has 9 tracks, together with fan favourites “Humorous Ghost,” “Girl Now,” and “Die Hydrated.”
One other standout monitor, “A.ajax,” opens the file, and the video for the tune has been nominated for a NOMFA as properly. The video is about three and half minutes lengthy, and contains a narrative delivered to reside with claymation—suppose animation however with clay, with every scene delivered to reside one body at a time.
Adrian Venti animated the video, with Peach Pact directing the motion. It was a long-distance collaboration, as Venti is predicated in Mexico Metropolis. Tignanelli defined, “The band knew early on that we didn’t wish to be entrance and centre in a music video. As an alternative, we needed the narrative inside the lyrics to take priority. Claymation has a wealthy and playful historical past in storytelling, and it felt like a pure technique to carry our visible concepts to life.”
She continued, “We collaborated with claymation artist Adrian Venti from Mexico Metropolis, whom we found via the platform Fiverr. From November 2024 via March 2025 we labored intently collectively as he designed the characters and animated the scenes, whereas Peach Pact helped information the route and modifying all through the method.”
The video was launched in April, 2025, to advertise the album. Tignanelli defined the video was impressed by a roadside attraction the band had seen within the desert close to Palm Springs, California. The attraction was referred to as the Cabazon Dinosaurs.
“The title ‘A.ajax’ loosely interprets to misleading lizard,” Tignanelli defined. “Within the video, a dinosaur turns into swept up within the glamour of consideration, dropping pals and finally their very own id earlier than being consumed by ego.”
She continued, “It’s a warning about being faux vs actual. Because the lyrics say, ‘Consideration! Consideration! One other roadside attraction, seduced by distraction.’ Utilizing clay figures and these extinct creatures to inform that story felt like a becoming metaphor.”
The file is doing properly, and the band has submitted Die Hydrated all through the Nationwide Campus and Neighborhood Radio Affiliation. Spotify has additionally helped appeal to new listeners, and Bandcamp has additionally elevated the band’s visibility.
Tignanelli defined that she not too long ago moved to Prince Edward Island. She’s following creative pursuits, engaged on documentary movies and visible artwork. The space makes it troublesome to take care of the band, however extra music might be on the horizon.
“For the second this will likely stay a one album venture, however we’re extremely happy with what we created collectively,” Tignanelli stated. “We did it for ourselves and for many who didn’t at all times really feel that they had a spot within the music scene in Northern Ontario. Hopefully another person picks up that torch and retains it going. And who is aware of, possibly we will probably be again on stage collectively once more sooner or later.”
Till that day arrives, the band will seem on the NOMFA awards this June.
Die Hydrated acquired a really restricted vinyl urgent, and Autumn Data or Talbot’s Throwbacks in North Bay should still have some copies of the 12”. The album can be out there digitally on Bandcamp for $14.99 and might be streamed on all the foremost platforms.
