Liza Anne Odachowski will perform her gritty pop from new album "Fine But Dying" when she opens for Cold War Kids at The Signal Thursday, May 24, at 8:30 p.m.
"Growing up, people would always say I was 'too happy to be depressed,' or 'too social to have anxiety,'" says the singer, better known these days by stage name Liza Anne.
"In their eyes, because I was one thing, I couldn't also be something else. I think we all exist in duality, though. I can be everything and nothing all at once."
Liza Anne grew up in the community of St. Simons Island, Georgia. She discovered songwriting one summer at sleep-away camp, when a guitar class helped her realize that the notebooks she'd been filling with poetry and prose could be set to melodies. Raised in a deeply religious household, her public performances came on Sundays when she served as a local worship leader.
She released a video for single "Small Talks" in March ahead of performances at SXSW.