Liz Cooper • VV Lightbody
Fri 05/08/26
6:30PM
All Ages
music
$20 ADV // $25 DOS
Show Lineup
Liz Cooper
(Nashville, TN)
Genre: Psych
On the porch of her one-time Nashville home, Liz Cooper had a multimedia project that combined two of her loves: lips and cigarettes. She painted her own lips with red paint and kissed a canvas two or three hundred times, later dotting them with the detritus left behind in ashtrays by her friends. An overlap of intimacy, indulgence, cheekiness, and sensuality, the piece complements Cooper’s roiling second record, Hot Sass. Over jagged, frenetic guitar parts, Cooper sets expectations aflame with the record’s title track. Her songs unfurl like smoke spiraling off an incense cone late in the afternoon, with Cooper pushing deeper into psychedelic openness, punk ferocity, and beyond.
VV Lightbody
V.V. Lightbody is the solo project of Vivian McConnell, a seasoned songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in
Chicago. Flute-forward, cheeky, and a musical chameleon, V.V. writes songs that are witty and full of
pleasure, but deliver a vulnerable punch. V.V. has established herself as a supportive insole of the
thriving Chicago music scene.
Since the release of her last album, V.V. Lightbody has had her hands in many musical pies: releasing a
synth pop record as Valebol alongside Daniel Villarreal, touring with Chicago’s beloved art rock group
Finom, and producing records under the name ‘Album Doula’.
Her 2020 LP Make a Shrine or Burn It (Acrophase Records) was released with much anticipation in May
2020. Referred to as ”a masterclass in self-reflection and female autonomy,” the first pressing sold out
within 24 hours and received critical acclaim from Noisey, Stereogum, Paste, Gold Flake Paint, Chicago
Tribune, and more. Jessi Roti writes of MASOBI, “An album of lingering farewells and cautiously
optimistic beginnings punctuated by a deceptive wit, Lightbody – a.k.a. Vivian McConnell – turns her
attention inward, exploring what it means to be with yourself after being with another; trading abstract,
third-party narratives for those more poignant and conversational.”
V.V. Lightbody has been a collaborator and touring member of bands such as Cassandra Jenkins, Lala
Lala, Divino Niño, Finom, Elizabeth Moen, and recently started a duo called Valebol featuring drummer
Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo (Dos Santos). She’s lended flute and vocals to Twin Peaks, Wilder Maker,
Tomemitsu, Pool Holograph, and many more. In 2022, V.V. played guitar, keys, and sang in Harry Styles’
band for BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend Festival.