An indoor promotional portrait photograph of the two members of the band Teen Suicide sitting closely together on a brown leather couch. The member on the left has long, vibrant dark green hair and is wearing a white, slightly sheer long-sleeve dress with black knee-high socks. The member on the right has short, dark curly hair and a light mustache, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and an unbuttoned cream-colored cardigan with large, colorful abstract graphics over a white shirt and dark pants. They are looking directly at the camera with relaxed, neutral expressions. The softly lit background features a window covered by sheer white curtains directly behind them, a dark wooden table to the left, and a small side table to the right. — Teen Suicide Credit: Maysa Askar / Run For Cover

After breaking out of the lonercore Baltimore scene, Teen Suicide has constantly evolved and moved to Orlando—but Sam Ray and Kitty Ray don’t play many home state shows. Their latest outing, Nude descending staircase headless, is the duo’s most-polished offering to date, but still marked by snarling guitar and intimate subject matter from a discography that dates back about 15 years.

Before the band moves to Portland, it tops a stacked bill at Crowbar where Cleveland’s king of rock and roll, Cloud Nothings, plays support alongside Fanclub Wallet, the project of Canadian songwriter Hannah Judge.

Tickets to see Teen Suicide play Crowbar in Ybor City on Wednesday, May 27 are still available for $29.71.

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This article appears in May 21 – 27, 2026.