STL-based supergroup Mitchell Matthews & The Media combines 2000s emo / indie rock stylings with power pop / jazz flourishes to enhance lead singer Mitchell Matthews' trademark heart-on-your-sleeve lyrics about learning to love yourself again. Mitchell & his band have toured throughout the DIY midwestern scene for years, and have helped raise thousands of dollars for social issues like trans rights, immigration rights, and Free Palestine through Mitchell’s own nonprofit Songs with a Purpose, and local STL organizations like BAAG and STL Anti-Imperialist Collective.