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Crown Shy
@crownshycle.bsky.social
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Cleveland OH // name is Jimmy (they/them) / also 🎸 for The Sonder Bombs // also also 🎸 for Biitchseat // “A Tour of Riddles” 10.16-10.19 // Free Palestine 🍉
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Thank you WRUW for having us on the other night!!

Full session: www.youtube.com/live/5UoMcH-...
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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It’s been a full week of Autumn and I’m already starting to feel the Big Sads. I always get nostalgic when the seasons change, can anyone else relate?

Photo by Mol White

Recorded/mixed by myself
Mastered by Elaine Rasnake of @daughterboardaudio

Art by Tessa Christine Smith
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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EXCITING NEWS!!! Crown Shy is going on our first ever tour on “A Tour of Riddles” supporting @sonderbombs.bsky.social !!! - tickets/info here:

thesonderbombs.limitedrun.com/tour

Photos by Kayla Hay
Tour flyers by Kris Schmit
August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Anything helps 💕✨
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Nooooo bluesky don’t die, I have a show in August 🥺
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Some of the mentioned records:
May 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Hitting the road sooooo so soon!!! Come see @biitchseat.bsky.social at any of these cities 💗
A person standing in the middle of a living room wearing lavender converse, green jeans, a pink shirt with a drawing of flowers, and looking to the side. The living room has a record player, records, a couch, a shoe rack, end tables, and rugs. There’s also a grey tabby poking out from behind one of the end tables Tour flyer for Kat and the Hurricane and Biitchseat’s upcoming run. It’s being billed as the “Midwest special” and there’s a drawing of a mushroom cheeseburger on the flyer. The cities on this route are: May 13th in Cleveland Ohio at Happy Dog May 14th in Detroit Michigan at New Dodge Lounge May 15th in Grand Rapids Michigan at Mulligans Pub May 16th in Chicago Illinois at Reggies May 17th in Madison Wisconsin at Gamma Ray Bar May 18th in Minneapolis Minnesota at Underground Music Cafe Tickets are available at www.katandthehurricane.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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What looks like a normal shoulder bag is actually a cdplayer holder with capacity to hold 12 discs and maybe my debit card
A person standing in the middle of their living room with a black shoulder bag. Their cat is headbutting their legs A person standing in the middle of their living room with the black shoulder bag open. Displayed are a few CDs, most visibly System of a Down’s “Mesmerize”. Their cat is weaving between their legs.
April 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Yeah I’m polyamorous but if I have to choose between going on a date with a new person vs staying in and playing single player adventure mode of Crash Bash for the Sony PlayStation, well, I think you already know
April 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Who are we seeing tonight at Happy Dog???

Doors at 8, we’re first at 9

📸: @kaefox.bsky.social
🎨: Blue Barnett
Jimmy is half in frame on the left playing guitar while Talor is behind them in the center. Talor is in the middle of thrashing forward on bass, their hair captured mid air. The dominant colors are dark blues, purples, and reds, as well as blacks. There are twinkle lights in the background as well. Show flyer for tonight’s show at Happy Dog in Cleveland. Hit Like A Girl is on tour with Madska, Crown Shy and Low Spot are the local support. The flyer has the incorrect time, doors are actually at 8pm, tickets are $12. The address 5801 Detroit Avenue. The show flyer is a pic of Hit Like A Girl in a monotone pink color. The border of the flyer is also pink and framed with barbed wire.
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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next month I have a training to get certified to use one of these bad boys

anyways unrelated but I feel the most attractive I’ve ever been in my life. what a strange coincidence
bathroom mirror selfie at work, Jimmy is wearing a black beanie, a black polo with a grey longsleeve underneath, black jeans. this is a stock image of a forklift
March 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Two things:

1. I’ve officially joined @biitchseat.bsky.social as their bass player

2. We’re hitting the road with @katandthehurricane.bsky.social this May!!!

📸: @edamamegoth.bsky.social
🎨: Alex from KatH
March 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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It's Bandcamp Friday! Please buy some merch so then I can go and buy merch 🥺

crownshy.bandcamp.com/merch
March 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Today is my bday if anyone felt compelled to send me a coffee/drink/sandwich or add ‘Comfort Film’ to your physical media collections 🩷

v/ jameswilkens

Merch: crownshy.bandcamp.com/album/comfor...
February 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Three shows in three weeks in three bands

3/20 @sonderbombs.bsky.social
3/28 @biitchseat.bsky.social
4/3 Crown Shy

Who am I seeing??

First 📸 by @kaefox.bsky.social
Jimmy is standing in the center of the image on stage holding their guitar, singing into the mic while staring off almost vacantly into the distance. The edges of the image are a bit blurred, but on the left you can kind of make out Kris holding her guitar. Behind Jimmy you can kind of make out Eric playing drums. The colors are soft, made up mostly of blues/purples/dark reds/blacks. This is a pic of Crown Shy taken from their album release show back in December. The pic was taken by Kae Fox. This is a flyer for a rock show happening on March 20th at No Class. Headliners are Gully Boys & Skating Polly. Support are The Sonder Bombs & Superbabes. While the show is taking place at No Class, this is a Grog Shop presentation and tickets are available on their website grogshop.gs. The picture embedded in the flyer is a live shot of Gully Boys. This is a flyer for a rock show taking place at Grog Shop on March 28th. Runaway Brother are celebrating an album release show for their new album Want You Need with support from Biitchseat and Tall Grass. The flyer is half text and half the album cover. The album cover is of a mountainous landscape with very little vegetation. A figure glowing white is standing on the edge of a cliff looking outwards towards what appears to be a castle on top of a distant mountain. Behind this figure is a dog. Colors are made up of purples, dark oranges, light blues, and browns. This is a flyer for a rock show taking place on April 3rd at Happy Dog. Headliners are Hit Like A Girl and Madska. Support are Crown Shy and Low Spot. The image is mostly text with a pic of Hit Like A Girl embedded in the background. Pink, black, white, and sky blue are the only colors. The border of the image is made to look like barbed wire.
February 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Mirror selfie as a non-binary person that no longer exists
February 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I love mine so much, it’s incredibly versatile too like it works for most sounds & genres
January 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Happy 4th bday to ‘Clothbound’!!!

Feels like it was only yesterday we started demoing songs

Of the 12 we started, 10 made it to the finished album

Everyone say happy bday!

📸: @scumner.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I’m not sure how to go about promoting music moving forward.

As someone who canceled their Spotify subscription and doesn’t think streaming is viable, how do I promote a single I just released where a physical version of it doesn’t exist yet?

“Go stream on Spotify” seems yucky but also I’m lost
January 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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GET BACK TO WORK - the next Crown Shy show is April 3rd supporting @hlagband.bsky.social & Madska on their upcoming run. Not only that but it’s with our friends in Low Spot ?? Need I say more?

📸 1&3: @kaefox.bsky.social
🎨: Blue Barnett
January 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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When I was an HR Intern in 2014 for a car dealership the CEO instructed his team to only hire pretty young girls to work as receptionists so men who came to buy his luxury cars felt even more powerful.

That man was elected into the Senate representing Ohio last fall.

I wonder what he’s up to
January 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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There’s more than 2 genders and there’s more than one way to present within each of those individual genders. It’s however you make it and it’s all valid.

I’m nonbinary, I use they and he pronouns. I am here, I’m loud, and I will always be here. And you can’t take my joy away.

🖕 the US govt
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Remember: record profits are stolen wages

“A Message From The CEO” is out now

#capitalism #elonmusk #unitedhealthcare #tiktok
January 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Written/recorded/mixed by me
MIDI strings edited by Talor Smith
Mastered by Elaine Rasnake of Daughterboard Audio
Photos & artwork by @kaefox.bsky.social

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January 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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We’ve all had terrible bosses but imagine your boss is actively trying to dismantle and censor free flowing information

🖕Mark
January 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM