Kelsie Danielle Marie "Kelc" Galluzzo (born June 22, 1992),[2] known by the stage name Jetty Bones, is an American indie pop singer-songwriter from Urbana, Ohio.
Her backing band over the years has included Katie Cole of DangerKids,[3] RB Roe of Save Face,[4] and Dylan Mattheisen of Tiny Moving Parts.
[5] When she was in the fifth grade, her brother, who was living in California, found her listening to Simple Plan and subsequently sent her albums from punk bands like Blink-182, Misfits, The Clash, and Dead Kennedys, as well as a bass guitar.
[36][37] In November, she joined the second leg of New Found Glory's "From The Screen To Your Stereo To Your Town Tour" alongside Hawthorne Heights and Free Throw.
[38] On November 21, 2019, it was announced that Jetty Bones had signed to Rise Records, an event she commemorated by releasing a music video for "the part:", directed by Michael Herrick, to serve as an ending to the – era.
[44] On October 9, she released a new single entitled "Taking Up Space", produced by John Fields and with an accompanying music video directed by Lindsey Byrnes and Dani Okon.
[50] Push Back was released on February 26 via Rise Records, with Fields producing and featuring Heart Attack Man's Eric Egan on the song "Bad Time".
[51][49][52] In August she performed at the Sound Valley Summer Music Festival in Dayton alongside local acts including the Raging Nathans, Nightbeast, and K.Carter.
[61] Her style and vocals have been compared to Paramore, Alanis Morissette, Halsey, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kacey Musgraves, Tiny Moving Parts, Owen, and Julien Baker.
[6][63] Paige Pomerantz of Soundigest compared her vocals on Old Women to Hayley Williams and wrote "If Paramore and Tiny Moving Parts had a child, it would be named Jetty Bones.
[8] Push Back saw her sound expand even further, embracing more of a pop focus with elements of alternative country, bluegrass, R&B, hip hop, and synthpop and more emphasis on electronics and piano.
[64][61][45][56] "That's All" incorporates pop, hip hop, and R&B sounds with a math rock-influenced guitar line and faster sing-rapping vocals that also appear on "Everything" and "Woke Up Crying".
[61][62][48] "Nothing" is an '80s-inspired synthpop dance song a la Kelly Marie and Tiffany that also utilizes power pop guitars and saxophone (which later reappears on "Ravine").
[56][61][62][51][52] To promote the album, Galluzzo provided to Alternative Press a playlist of songs that had inspired her while working on the album, which included Laura Branigan's "Gloria", Ben Folds and Regina Spektor's "You Don't Know Me", and The Chicks' "Goodbye Earl", as well as songs from Paramore, Microwave, Mallrat, WHY?, La Dispute, Moros Eros, All Get Out, pronoun, MewithoutYou, Peter Bjorn and John, Annie DiRusso, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Graace, and Matthew Thiessen & The Earthquakes.
[66] In contrast to her often upbeat sound, Galluzzo's lyrics tend to explore darker themes of abuse, trauma, anxiety, depression, impostor syndrome, and suicidal thoughts.
[9] She stated that she didn't "want people to leave this record thinking that I’m damaged or that recovery is unreachable" and that despite the project's darker themes, "it ends in a much more positive place than it starts.
[8] On Push Back, the songs "Nothing" and "That's All" deal with internal conflict over a struggling relationship,[50][48][67] while "Taking Up Space" expresses Galluzzo's anxiety and impostor syndrome regarding her personal and professional success.
[69] She affirmed her queer identity on Twitter in March 2020, responding to being identified as an ally by tweeting "My publicly known heteronormative relationships do not mean I’m heterosexual.