8/15/2023 0 Comments Mosh pit lyrics tech![]() ![]() Just when you started to get a bit bummed that you couldn’t quite hear your favorite verse, the audience was once again reminded of Sullivan’s bubbly, adorable, slightly-awkward-but-like-in-a-relatable-way personality between songs. ![]() I don’t know if it was the fact that there were several UO alumni I recognized in the audience (or that, like some house show venues, the cafe-during-the-day, indie-music-venue-at-night Honey Latte Cafe doesn’t actually have a stage), but Wednesday night’s performance transported me right back to the DIY music scene in Eugene.īecause of the lack of a stage, and also because she stands at about 5 feet 4 inches tall, I mainly caught glimpses of the ukulele-wielding, pink-jumpsuit-wearing Sullivan as she was jumping around during “Shakin’ in Yer Boots” and “Busy.” The instrumentals, although amazing, did overpower Sullivan’s vocals at times, which I’m guessing was an issue with the venue’s audio setup. ![]() ![]() “You’ll be bopping along to the song and then listen to the lyrics and be like, oh…this is not a happy song,” Sullivan say, “but at least I’m dancing!” She refers to Chipped Nail Polish’s sound as “crying in a mosh pit”-i.e., happy-sounding music that is secretly sad. On Wednesday night, Chipped Nail Polish opened with one of their most popular songs, and definitely my favorite: “Rut.” With a vibe that is simultaneously vulnerable and upbeat, “Rut” is the perfect example of Sullivan’s songwriting style. On Wednesday night, for example, Katy Oshiek subbed in on bass, because Case was on tour. The indie rock band’s current makeup-a somewhat revolving, although more so in the past than now, cast of Sullivan’s friends in the Portland music scene-consists of Sullivan on lead vocals and ukulele, Keelan Paroissien on lead guitar, Jeff Wiseman on drums, Amélie Diaz on rhythm guitar, and Aidan Case on bass.Ī lot of Sullivan’s bandmates are involved in other projects as well, so they’ll book shows on a “no hard feelings if you can’t make it” kind of basis, subbing in other musician friends as needed. Sullivan recruited a few friends to play alongside her and, in February 2020, she played her first house show under the moniker “Chipped Nail Polish.” She set a goal for herself to play one house show before she graduated…and that’s exactly what she did. “ Sooo cliché,” she says.ĭuring her time at UO, Sullivan became very involved with the music scene. She’d been playing the ukulele since freshman year-”I tried guitar and was like…that’s too fuckin’ hard”-and began writing music her junior year after going through her first big breakup. I was a junior, working on a story for a student publication about women in the house show scene in Eugene.Ī house show, btw, is exactly what it sounds like: a concert in a living room, backyard, a dusty attic with a very precarious floor situation…pretty much anywhere that a college student can manage to set up some iteration of a stage and, more importantly, has room for people to mosh.Īt the time, it was very freshly 2020, aka pre-pandemic, and Sullivan was a senior. The first time I interviewed Jill Sullivan, we were students at the University of Oregon. Jill Sullivan (Courtesy of Jill Sullivan) By Shannon Daehnke Jat 3:50 pm PDT ![]()
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