I’ve never seen Chaunces perform in real life, and I still won’t be able to say I have after this mid-week virtual fundraiser, but I don’t care.
The songwriter’s pandemic output has been a much-needed almost-hyphy hybrid of indie-rock and Marc Ribillet-style video loops where Chaunces plays all kinds of instruments—guitar, drums, Moog, bassoon and even a plastic comb—while being joined by friends (like Jordan Esker on an upright piano) for highly-relatable songs about everything from having cabin fever, missing friends and being scared of your poop.
Chaunces—bookended by a pair of CL favorites (They Hate Change, Liam Bauman) and yet another band we’ve yet to see live (Book Club)—goes on at 8:30 p.m. for this live streaming gig where every dollar collected from admission will go benefit a nonprofit that coordinates “all community partners, systems and resources available with the goal of helping individuals and families to prevent, divert, and end homelessness in Pinellas.”
Black Crow Coffee Homeless Leadership Alliance Fundraiser: They Hate Change w/Liam Bauman/Chaunces/Book Club Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m. $5. @blackcrowcoffeeco on Instagram
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