WSLR Presents: The Mailboxes, Public Universal Friend, and Kelsi Walker

5500 Saint Elmo Avenue,Chattanooga TN 37409

19 August, 2022

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The Woodshop Listening Room Presents: The Mailboxes, Public Universal Friend, and Kelsi Walker Time: Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Tickets: Advance $10 // Door $15 21+ The Mailboxes: Chattanooga based indie pop. Find more info at ilovethemailboxes.com. Public Universal Friend: Public Universal Friend (PUF) is an Indianapolis-based art rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Jody Galadriel Friend. After a decade-plus solo career, Friend released her album Perennials debuting under PUF in March 2021 just a month after coming out publicly as a trans woman. Since the release of this touchstone coming out record, Friend galvanized her place through PUF as a beloved matriarch in the Indianapolis queer music scene, with featured performances on their local NPR station, Emmy-award winning series Music in Transit, and becoming the first trans-led act to have been featured on Mahogany Sessions based out of London. Public Universal Friend’s 2021 record Perennials signifies Friend’s progression of an earthy brand of indie rock songwriting, whose sonic roots cite post-punk and 90s emo with echoes of Appalachian roots and spiritual music. Friend’s lyrical themes have historically gravitated toward the value of emotive honesty and speaking truth in power, embodied through a profoundly unique perspective of identity, faith, and gender expansive existence. These poetic incantations foster an inclusive live community environment of authentic engagement, all for the sake of exploring the overarching theme of finding out who we really are and the beauty of living within it. PUF is slated to release their new record Chrysalis in 2022. www.puf.band www.instagram.com/_publicuniversalfriend www.facebook.com/publicuniversalfriend Kelsi Walker: Kelsi Walker is an intuitive writer and emotive performer presenting a dynamic flavor of indie-pop/rock music. With lyrics exploring the range of human emotions, she centers hope above consequence; presenting her variety of musical therapy with fevered, histrionic energy. Her new album Nervous Kid borrows from a palette of Indie Pop, Rock, and Americana to blend a unique sound that also feels comfortably familiar. Check out her most recent single "Astronaut Song (Live Version)", here: https://open.spotify.com/album/0Frnsmz4mpqgmATE6Z2FJf... For Fans Of: Lucy Dacus, Bahamas, Middle Kids, Father John Misty