Manic Focus brings 'Never Not Blue' to year-end concert in St. Petersburg

The Denver EDM producer is at Floridian Social.

By Ray Roa on Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 12:17 pm

Photo via ManicFocus/Facebook

Manic Focus, who plays Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 29, 2023.

If there was a jam-scene, livetronica album that embodied the spirit of 2023, it was Never Not Blue, the latest from John “JmaC” McCarten, a Denver-based producer better known as Manic Focus.

Mania, optimism, plus the flipside of both those states of mind come together on the nine-track effort that’s refocused McCarten’s blend of funk, soul, and new-era hip-hop into its sharpest iteration yet.

Tickets to see Manic Focus play Floridian Social. inSt. Petersburg on Friday, Dec. 29 are still available and start at $25. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...

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