Win Tickets ($30): Kelsy Karter @ Mission Theater | Pink Kink & Punk Tour

We are giving away a pair of tickets to Kelsy Karter @ Mission Theater on April 12. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed April 4.

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From our sponsors:
Kelsy Karter
April 12, 2022
7PM Doors, 8PM Show | $12 ADV, $15 Doors | All Ages
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Mission Theater
1624 N.W. Glisan Portland, OR, 97209

The debut album from Kelsy Karter, Missing Person is a thrilling introduction to a truly singular musical mind. Like all the most electrifying artists, the New Zealand-born singer/songwriter invites the audience into a beautifully strange world of her own making, a fantasia that’s equal parts rock-and-roll grit and wildly theatrical grandeur. Fueled by the mesmerizing vocal work first displayed on her breakthrough single “Harry”– a 2018 track that went viral after Karter turned up with a fake tattoo of Harry Styles blazoned across her face-Missing Person arrives as a stunning showcase for her intricate storytelling and uncompromising outlook on life, love, and self-liberation.

Despite the defiant spirit that shines through nearly every song on Missing Person, the album took shape from a period of tremendous pain and self-doubt for Karter, a time that included the death of a loved one and a devastating breakup. “I was so depressed and broke, and probably at the lowest point in my whole life,” says Karter. “For a while I sort of lost myself, which is why the album’s called Missing Person. But through the process of making the record I found myself as an artist and an individual-I stopped giving a fuck about what anyone else thinks, and finally felt completely okay with who I am.” Working in the UK and in her homebase of L.A. with producers like Zakk Cervini (Machine Gun Kelly, Poppy) and Chris Greatti (YUNGBLUD, blink-182), Karter set that transformation to a guitar-drenched sound steeped in elements of punk and Britpop and classic glam-rock, giving way to a sonic aesthetic both undeniably timeless and entirely of-the-moment.

On the fiercely anthemic single “Love Me or Hate Me,” Karter presents something of a mission statement for living according to your own rules. Co-written with The Struts’ Adam Slack and her longtime collaborator Michael Morgan, the track matches its fuzzed-out riffs and frenetic rhythms with a message especially close to Karter’s heart. “I wrote ‘Love Me or Hate Me’ at time when I was feeling like I wasn’t good enough, and the thing that pulled me through was my fans,” says Karter. “They made me believe in myself again, and so I wanted to write them a song to make them feel the way they made me feel: like I’m a bad-ass, and I can do anything.”

COVID Policy
All attendees must either: 1) be at least two weeks past receiving full COVID vaccination and show a vaccination card along with photo ID, or 2) show proof of negative PCR COVID test within 72 hours preceding the show, along with photo ID. Test must be medically administered. At-home tests not accepted. All ticketholders must wear face masks at all times except when eating or drinking.