Wild Child

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When
May 18–19, 2023
Daily, 9 p.m.
Cost: $22
Where
3939 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97227

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After more than a decade of non-stop touring, acclaimed Austin songwriting duo Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins quietly stopped touring as Wild Child — their accidental indie band conceived in the back seat of someone else's tour van.

Wilson joined the super singer-songwriter group, Glorietta, and debuted her genre-bending, Motown-influenced solo project, Sir Woman — Austin Music Awards' Best New Act of 2020 that NPR critic Gini Moscorro called an effortless move into "a brave new R&B-infused, gospel-flecked world where her golden pipes ease you back into a fluffy pillow of serenity and bliss."

And Beggins unveiled his musical alter-ego, Coco Zani, with the release of his first solo album, As Simple As A Dream featuring the single, "Paradise," which The Wild Honey Pie called "the perfect soundtrack for waltzing around your room." Headed in different sonic directions, Wilson and Beggins didn't know if they would ever make another Wild Child record.

Then, well, what felt like the "end of the world" brought them back together. Pandemic lockdowns closed stages and drained bank accounts. In Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World, local bands took their shows to the internet. Wild Child was no different. Wilson and Beggins got together to practice for a series of online performances for devout fans. And within 30 minutes, they wrote the first single for what would accidentally become Wild Child's fifth album, End of the World.