Though, early on, she found attention online as a vlogger and media personality under the moniker Meekakitty, for the past decade or so, indie pop singer Tessa Violet has been mostly focused on making music under her own name, met with early buzz for her self-released 2014 debut Maybe Trapped Mostly Troubled. With 2019’s Bad Ideas, however, Violet really perfected her sound and honed her artistic identity, crafting a hook-laden, stylish, synth-y indie pop which resonated widely on streaming and TikTok. TikTok is also where Tessa found a whole new audience during the pandemic, achieving viral trends and seeing her music used in a host of new and creative ways.
Amidst recent tours and some very cool guest features, Violet has recently given us a taste of her next musical era, in the form of stellar new singles “Yes Mom” and the just-released “Breakdown” (hear it below), both packing the familiar lush production, refined artistic vision, and insanely catchy hooks of her last album, but with even more layered, electronic instrumentation and slick musical ethos. While it’s not immediately clear when her next record will arrive, Tessa will continue to build hype with a newly-announced fall tour, which returns her to Nashville Sept. 12 to headline Eastside Bowl!
No stranger to Music City, Tessa has played clubs like Exit/In and The Basement East over the years, and most recently played Brooklyn Bowl earlier this year in support of Cavetown. Tickets to her upcoming Eastside Bowl outing, which is all ages, are on sale now right here!
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Aug 30 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile – Showroom
Aug 31 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
Sept 2 – San Francisco, CA @ Popscene at Rickshaw Stop
Sept 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Sept 6 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Sept 7 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Sept 9 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory
Sept 10 – Austin, TX @ Empire Control Room
Sept 12- Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl
Sept 13 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Sept 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Sept 16 – New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom
Sept 17 – Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Sept 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry at The Fillmore
Sept 21 – Portland, ME @ Portland House of Music
Sept 22 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Sept 24 – Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
Sept 25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Sept 27 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
Sept 28 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Sept 29 – Saint Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
Oct 1 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Oct 3 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
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