J. Graves
This event is in the past
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 9 pm
Doug Fir Lounge
Buckman (Portland)
This is an in-person event
$12
21+
The following description comes from the event organizer.
J. Graves is passionate dance-punk. Tense relationship rock, sanguine lyricism, chord changes that sound like secret longing, a rhythm section that thuds, skitters, and melts over the determined voice of Jessa Graves. Songs are extensions of personal experience in which breakups, abandonment, unsupportive partners, and emotional strife see re-use as stepping stones, providing a path from disappointment to cathartic, regenerative music. Nothing is wasted in a live J. Graves performance. You must be in front of the liquid rhythm section and pounding chords of the band to feel the blast. Jessa rolls her eyes furiously and her jawline sets as she contacts the emotion that produced her songs. She contorts herself around a fender slimline telecaster, and, in fits and starts, springs forth with contagious, inspiring performances.