#cafe colonial

07.27: opening for @hoitytoityofficial @lokeigh + other friends at Cafe Colonial

07.28: "Axis Access" goes live on all streaming platforms

(📸: @dorkymax)

My name is Brianna Carmel. I'm a 25-year-old musician (mainly a vocalist) and DIY show promoter from Sacramento, CA.

My main project is a sadcore indie pop band called @bloomingheads, consisting of myself and my dear friend Josiah. We have been active since late 2018, and released our debut EP in January 2021.

Our biggest achievement so far is probably opening for Crywank on their first US tour, at The Starlet Room in Sacramento.

My personal favorite show we've played that there is footage of, is the going away house show we played for our dear friend Autumn (Otto) Sky Hall, who moved to Pennsylvania near the end of last year. This is me gushing about how much I love them as a segue into the first song we ever wrote.

Our next show is on January 29th at Cafe Colonial, opening for King Strang, with our friend Ash Bricky as another local opener. You can buy presale tix here.

I also recently joined Josiah's main project, a chiptune folk punk band called Little Tiny Knife (formerly known as Wayne Jetski). There's technically three of us, but our bassist Jim is currently away doing Real Adult Things™️. He's a cool dude tho, we share a birthday.

Here are screenshots from a video @xahferd took for us, during our most recent show at The Hatch in Stockton, CA.

I can't quite put into words how much finally joining this project means to me. Like, I have a fucking Wayne Jetski tattoo. Josiah's music is the reason we know each other, I've genuinely loved it for years and it's the reason I asked them to start Blooming Heads with me. I've never earned a spot in a band I love before. It's truly an indescribable feeling.

Here's a video of us playing with Jim during a Halloween show last year. This song is called "Long Division." Josiah was a target employee, Jim was bananarchy, and I was... A spooky doll girl...??? Idk okay I was just vibing with makeup

I'm also a solo artist when I'm not busy with anything else--I like to call myself a singer-songwriter with a folk punk soul. I've been writing on my own for fun since 2014 or so.

Here's a live session I did at Warm Robot Studios, inside The Library of Musiclandria, to promote my single that I released in September, "Skeletons."

My most recent release, "Building Blocks EP," was released on Bandcamp Friday in November. There's only proper live video of the first track, "Alone Again." (Shout-out to High House!!)

The EP is made up of three tracks, and can be found on spotify, bandcamp, and many other streaming services.

And, last but not least, yes, like I mentioned at the beginning of this post, I am a DIY show promoter. If you've ever been to a show in the Sacramento-area with "916 Growth Gigs presents" on the flyer, that was me. My main venue connects include The Colonial Complex (Cafe Colonial/The Colony Sacramento), The Library of Musiclandria, Golden Bear (21+), and the occasional house show or acoustic show at a park. I am on a hiatus of sorts for the moment, but plan on dipping my toes back in soon.

Café Colonial, Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA

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.