Liza Anne opens for Cold War Kids at The Signal Thursday

Liza Anne
Liza Anne

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.

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