I first came across Funds for Jimmy back in early 2022. They were playing at Harvard & Stone. I remember the sound guy was so amazed by their performance that he personally asked for an encore. I recently caught a set at the same venue.
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The band describes their sound on Instagram as "watercolor emo." I would add in there a soft jazz influence. Lead singer and guitarist Molly Grace has vocals that are always on tune. This isn't a singer-songwriter set, but vocals are emphasized. Their sets are definitely not scream fests (not that there aren't some screams) to cover up vocal defects. Listen to "Quid," the lead single off of their debut album Bankrupt, and tell me those aren't some awesome vocals.
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Funds for Jimmy at Harvard & Stone
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You also have to love the energy that Molly Grace puts into the band's sets. When playing the guitar, she'll go on a face-off battle of the guitars with her fellow guitarist. And though it didn't happen at this set (most likely due to the small stage), she's more than willing to sprawl on the stage floor for dramatic effect. Throw in multiple shoulder length hair flings and you get the idea that the stage show is always part of the set. And one last detail: for this particular set, there was a stuff animal on stage.
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Funds for Jimmy at Harvard & Stone
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This band has to be one of the most active Los Angeles bands. For the month of October, the band played five sets. Those sets were also geographically spread all over the Los Angeles map. They played Long Beach, Covina, Pomona, Hollywood, and Cypress Park. If you're a Los Angeles fan of this band, you don't need to worry about driving long distance. They'll likely play close to you within a couple months.
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Funds for Jimmy at Harvard & Stone
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On this particular October set at Harvard & Stone, the band played one of their latest releases, "unclean." And the use of a period is not me putting in a punctuation. The period at the end "unclean." is in the song title. This is one of their songs that has that soft jazz start with tender vocals from Molly Grace. The music soon turns into a symphony of instruments with vocals layered atop. Then as to trick the crowd, they go near silent for a split second and let the crowd cheer before picking it up with an instrumental outro. That leads to one last round of cheers.
And I'm stalling the breaking news
Its better
For me than you
The band will be playing
The Smell on November 29th.
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