Family and Friends plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22, 2018. Credit: Kelsey Walker

Family and Friends plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22, 2018. Credit: Kelsey Walker

Family and Friends music is what a life well lived sounds like. At times, it's upbeat. In other moments, it's a slower tune. Throughout each song, the Athens, Georgia's principal songwriter Mike MacDonald wears his thoughts on his sleeve while delivering his questions and self-affirmations with a joy that's made the band a bright light in a saturated sky filled with ambitious indie-pop bands.

PHOTO GALLERY
Here are photos of Family and Friends bringing its new LP to Ybor City’s Crowbar

Kelsey Walker was at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22 to see the band, and she's got these photos (along with some of Tampa Bay local openers Jordan Esker and the 100 Percent plus Ashley Smith and the Random Occurrence) to share.

Have a look at the full photo gallery here. Read our interview with MacDonald — and listen to Family and Friends' new LP, Felix Culpa — here.

Jordan Esker and the 100 Percent at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22, 2018. Credit: Kelsey Walker

Ashley Smith at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22, 2018. Credit: Kelsey Walker

Family and Friends plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on August 22, 2018. Credit: Kelsey Walker

This article appears in Aug 23-30, 2018.

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