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'''Jana Hunter''' is a Baltimore-based songwriter and musician. Hunter was born in [[Texas]].
== Personal Life ==
==Recording and band membership==▼
In 2015, Hunter
In March 2018, Hunter started a GoFundMe to raise money for [[Sex reassignment surgery (female-to-male)|Top Surgery]], successfully raising $3,555 of the $2,500 goal. In May of the same year, an update was posting stating that the "surgery was successful and went smoothly." and that Hunter was "recovering at home".
In August 2019, an article by [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]] stated that Hunter preferred he/him pronouns.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8527644/listen-trans-artist-lower-dens-jana-hunter-summer-of-pride-playlist-interview|title=Listen to Trans Singer-Songwriter Jana Hunter of Lower Dens' Summer of Pride Mix: 'There Is a Place Here, Even For You'|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
▲== Recording and band membership ==
Hunter was signed to [[Gnomonsong]], a record label run by [[Devendra Banhart]] and [[Vetiver (band)|Vetiver]]'s [[Andy Cabic]]. Hunter's solo debut album ''[[Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom]]'' was the label's debut release. In 2007 Hunter founded an [[independent record label]] based in Houston, Texas, Feow! Records, with musicians Matthew Brownlie of Bring Back the Guns and Arthur Bates of Houston band Wicked Poseur.<ref>[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/Music/?oid=523991 Jana Hunter: 'Feow!']</ref>
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Hunter has performed and/or recorded as a member of Jracula, [[Castanets (band)|Castanets]], [[#Matty & Mossy|Matty & Mossy]], Ejaculette, Unitus, and Krazy Nerds, and played in/recorded for [[Sharon Van Etten]], [[Trentemøller]], Food Pyramid, Airwaves, [[Indian Jewelry]], Matteah Baim, Metallic Falcons, [[Phosphorescent (band)|Phosphorescent]], and [[CocoRosie]].
Hunter is the inspiration for several characters in the stories of [[Jacob M. Appel|J.M. Appel]], including providing the basis for Maggie in the novella ''Fallout'' (2010).<ref>Appel, JM. Fallout. Afterword, 2010</ref>
▲Hunter identifies as [[Genderqueer|gender fluid]] or non-binary.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://lowerdens.tumblr.com/post/90448691182/on-pride-and-gender | title=ON PRIDE (and gender)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/a38918/jana-hunter-lower-dens-essay | title=What It's Like to be a Female Musician when You Don't Identify as a Woman| date=2015-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Grimm|first1=Beca|title=Lower Dens' Jana Hunter Makes an Escape Worth Celebrating|journal=The Village Voice|date=March 31, 2015|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2015/03/jana_hunter_lower_dens_interview.php}}</ref>
==Touring==
Hunter has toured with [[Tara Jane O'Neil]], [[Devendra Banhart]], [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]], [[Viking Moses]], [[Castanets (band)|Castanets]], [[Deer Tick (band)|Deer Tick]], [[Marissa Nadler]], [[Peter and the Wolf (band)|Peter & the Wolf]], [[Cass McCombs]], and [[Woozyhelmet]], among others.
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Hunter has appeared at Mad Vicky's Tea House in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], owned by "Mad Vicky", Bianca Casady of the musical duo [[CocoRosie]].
In 2019, Hunter created a special playlist for Billboards ''Summer of Pride'' event. The playlist, which can be found on Spotify, includes songs by various artists, including [[The Smiths]] and [[Stevie Wonder]]. Hunter said in the corresponding interview that these songs had both helped and inspired them whilst growing up. <ref name=":1" />
“I was wild and in a lot of pain as a kid; home life was very bleak," Hunter told Nick Williams, the article writer. "Pop songs were a guaranteed escape to a mental space where beauty, wonder, and love were possible." They continued on to tell of the inspiration they received, saying that they "wanted to write songs that might have the potential to do that."<ref name=":1" />
==Matty and Mossy==
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