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Singer / Musician
Porch Cat is a queer, feminist, power-pop dream-punk band. Chan Barraza (bass/vox), Emily Ayden (guitar/drums/vox). Porch Cat is the musical project of singer-songwriter, Chan Barraza. Through uptempo punk songs, sludgy ballads, and pop hooks, Porch Cat writes about queer identity, pain and chronic illness, abuse and assault, colonization and racism - ultimately returning to themes of love and empowerment. As a queer, nonbinary, disabled and chronically ill Mexican-American, Porch Cat strives to push the boundaries of representation in music, as well as fight for feminism, queer rights, disability rights, and against racism.