Brianna Carmel

Brianna Carmel was born and raised in Sacramento, California. They started performing onstage at 14-years-old, through the Skip's Music Stairway To Stardom program. As an adult, they're a big part of the Sacramento DIY music community, spending much of their spare time booking and promoting DIY shows under the moniker 916 Growth Gigs.

Brianna's skills as a vocalist are where they really shine. Their complex vocal melodies hit time and time again, and when combined with such heart wrenching lyrics you get an artist that's really worth their salt. They attract the attention of all sorts of musicians on a regular basis, and is very frequently asked to feature on songs because of their incredible singing abilities.

They're in two bands, a sadcore indie pop duo called Blooming Heads, and an indie folk punk three-piece called little tiny knife. They balance both bands with their solo project, describing themself as a "singer-songwriter with a folk punk soul." What they're left with is three unique projects that each draws audiences from all around the Greater Sacramento Area and beyond.

Their 2022 solo release, the “Building Blocks EP,” has been described by Music Shelf With Mustard as "deeply personal and vulnerable ... as each track builds up and escalates into situations that should make a human feel uncomfortable."

A music video for their September 2023 single, a demo titled “And Now…”, was released on September 30th, 2023; filmed, directed, and edited by Eric Jesness.

At the beginning of 2024, they began working on another EP, titled “Bri Earned the Power of Self-Respect.” This release was unique from the rest of Carmel’s solo work, in that all four tracks feature collaborations with other musicians. The title track, a collaboration with chiptune-adjacent synthesist Octomammoth, was released as the lead single on March 22nd, 2024, with the whole EP being released on May 24th, 2024.