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Mal Blum may have sounded a lot different during yesterday’s performance at Mr. Smalls Theatre than they did during their February 2018 stop in Pittsburgh.
When Blum self-released their 2010 album, Every Time You Go Somewhere, it was acoustic-pop leaning, peppered with the harmonica and violin. Their 2016 release, You Look a Lot Like Me, moved into the punk-folk realm. But on Blum’s latest album, Pity Boy, they’ve taken the plunge to create a powerful punk-pop collection, where Blum is the most open to date about their sexuality and experience as a transgender human.
Last night, attendees heard Blum’s thoughts and perceptions, along with openers Counterfeit Madison and Calyx. Here are photographer Erin Allport’s favorite images from the show.
This article appears in Aug 14-19, 2019.
