#ash bricky

Zine tober

Day 5

Prompt was lyric zine

I’ve been listening to my Ash Bricky cd and I like this song :3 and I made another flexagon cos they’re fun but this one is twice as big and made with scrapbooking paper

My name is Brianna Carmel. I'm a 25-yr-old DIY musician -- mainly a vocalist that fucks around on guitar and ukulele -- who is in numerous projects, from Sacramento, CA.

I'd consider my "main" project to be my indie pop/sadcore band @bloomingheads.

We're currently on a hiatus from playing shows to record our debut album, after playing almost constantly for two years straight, lol. The most legit thing we've ever done is open for Crywank, during their Sacramento stop at the Starlet Room on their first US tour. You can see us pictured with Jay, in the photoset seen above.

That being said, show hiatus aside, we did submit an entry to NPR Tiny Desk very recently, featuring our song Axis Access:

My bandmate from Blooming Heads, Josiah, aka @dotknifehead, has had their own project for many years -- which is the whole reason we became friends and eventually started Blooming Heads together -- called Little Tiny Knife, a chiptune folk punk band.

I joined very recently, and we just put out our debut single, Tired of Driving. You can stream it on Spotify, or even download it on Bandcamp, but I think this live video from our most recent show is the most fun way to experience it:

I'm also a solo artist in my spare time, I like to call myself a singer-songwriter with a folk punk soul. My most recent release is a 3 track EP of ukulele songs, called The Building Blocks EP, which is available on Spotify + Bandcamp. But, again, I think live videos are more fun, so here's me playing the first track, Alone Again, at a show:

I'm also also a DIY show promoter, I book DIY shows in Sacramento under the moniker 916 Growth Gigs. My motto is "no genre discrimination" -- I do tend to gravitate towards folk punk acts, because that's where my heart is, but overall, I just appreciate a good eclectic lineup where not all the bands sound the same. I believe one of the best examples of this was last year's 916 PRIDE SHOW 5 -- an annual LGBTQ+ pride show that I try my best to book every year.

Ft. Ash Bricky, @lokeigh, @bloomingheads, Little Tiny Knife, + Zombie Makeout Session

Here are a few flyers from past shows...

...and here are a couple upcoming shows that I'm VERY excited about...

If you're a DIY band touring thru the Sacramento-area, feel free to shoot me a message!! My primary venue connects are The Colony Sacramento, The Library of Musiclandria, and Golden Bear (21+), with the occasional acoustic show at a park when we have good weather, or the occasional house show when the stars align just right.

Even if I can't help you out, I'd love to point you in the direction of someone that can, and I love making new friends.

We're opening for King Strang, of the Bridge City Sinners, at Cafe Colonial on Sunday, January 29th.

We play The Colony a lot, but this is our first time in a looong time playing the Cafe side, since November 2021 for that year's Fuck Cancer series. Here's a snap from that show, taken by our good friend, the legendary Danny Reynoso.

Another friend of ours, Ash Bricky, is also sharing the stage with us. This is a live video of his cover of Ke$ha's Your Love Is My Drug, which you can also listen to on his latest album.

But I digress... Here are the show details:

Doors open at 7pm. Presale tickets are $12, which you can find here. The cover charge at the door will be $15 on the day of the show.