This month all profits from our Nalgene bottle are being donated to Vote Save America’s “Get Mitch or Die Trying” fund. Since becoming Senate Majority Leader in 2015, Mitch McConnell has stolen a seat on the Supreme Court, tried to take healthcare away from 20 million Americans, and stopped the Senate from doing anything other than confirming extreme right-wing judges to lifetime appointments. This fund spreads donations across 12 races with a good chance of flipping Senate seats from Republican to Democrat in an effort to flip the Senate and give Mitch the boot. Order HERE.
Sidenote: every order now ships with a free Twin Peaks Sticky Notepad.
Sending our love out to everyone in these trying times. Keep your heads up and stay in the fight. Better times ahead, but we’ve got to earn them. All power to the people.
TPD
Ahoy world, our latest release, Side A is nearly sold-out online, so new pressings are coming to record stores on October 9th! We’re stoked to also announce that there will be two new limited edition versions available. One is an opaque pink 10" limited to 500 copies. This one is available in support of 10 Bands 1 Cause, the Gilda’s Club charitable initiative. The other is an even more limited pink and green edition of 300, available only from our good friends at Shuga Records. And, ladies & gentlemen, you can pre-order that version right now HERE.
Today, our new releaseSIDE A is out in its entirety.
While we are excited to share these songs, we’d like to take the occasion to encourage our fans to stay active in the fight for racial justice.
If you spend time listening to our new music, also spend time taking actions to contribute to social justice, today and every day henceforth. When we read and share the resources we come across on our social media feeds, let’s take the time to actually make the calls and send the emails.
It is too easy to feel accomplished by replacing the way we regularly post with topical sharing of resources without actually implementing the actions they call for into our day-to-day lives. If you are in a position to protest without placing anyone high-risk to COVID in increased danger, hit the streets.
The danger that black and trans people face living in America is too great for continued complacency and complicity. As a white band with a majority white audience, we must challenge ourselves and make concerted efforts to learn and grow towards dismantling the racist structures we benefit from and uphold through inaction.
All profits from our “Blotter L/S T-shirt” this month will benefit BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE. Brave Space Alliance is a Black and Trans led LGBTQ Center on the south side of Chicago working to provide resources, programs, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the south and west sides of our city. Every month, we will donate profits from a different merch item in our store to a rotating NPO/cause.
Accompanying the release today is a music video for “Whistle in the Wind (End of Everything),” produced and directed by Weird Life Films.
“The vulnerability it takes to stand up for the people around us, the soul searching and perspective it takes to honestly make sense of the current moment that will continue to evolve with or without you. It’s about breaking free from the safety of your own comfort zone and being honest with yourself about where you stand right now. We all need to take care of ourselves and each other more than ever, just don’t give up on the moment.” - Jack
STAY STRONG, STAY VIGILANT THIS IS LIFE LONG WORK IT IS NOT OPTIONAL ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE BLACK LIVES MATTER TRANS LIVES MATTER
-Twin Peaks
This month, all of the profits from our Blotter L/S T-Shirt will be donated to Brave Space Alliance, a Black and Trans led LGBTQ Center on the south side of Chicago working to provide resources, programs, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the south and west sides of our city.
Thanks to everyone who purchased the Business Tee last month, we were able to raise $1560 for Black Lives Matter Chicago.
Keep up the fight everyone, all black lives matter.
TODAY, we are announcing the release of four new songs, Side A...
While we take pride in our art and love to share it with our fans:
We refuse to let this release distract us from the moment at hand. If you support our music, couple that with actions, today and every day henceforth, that are for the betterment of our community in Chicago, for the Black Lives Matter movement, and for dismantling the structures of White Supremacy in America.
We must all continue to educate ourselves, listen, donate, share resources, and allow ourselves to learn. You can start by making a donation to Black Lives Matter Chicago.
To provide some resources, here and here are two lists of petitions, donation funds, resources, and information on how to make yourself useful to the movement and take action:
Additionally, we ask that you:
* visit 8toabolition.com and educate yourself on the danger of police reform, and why we must take steps to actually defund and dismantle the police in America, working towards equipping communities to provide for their safety and well-being
* visit defund12.org to take action steps in your state to reinvest outrageously inflated police budgets back into our communities
Regarding the new release: you can hear the first track “What’s the Matter” here now. Clay says this song "was written with groove in mind. recorded it in our practice space studio. got our friend V.V. Lightbody to play some of the funkiest flute you ever heard. our friend Sima smacked on some of her gorgeous singing. A song against the darkness, against Ganon, a song for the outdoors and the hero. There is a sword hidden in the lost woods and it will be found.“
When you preorder the 10”, you will instantly receive a download of all four songs so you can hear it right now. The 10” won’t be shipping until October because of delays related to Covid, but the EP will officially be released digitally on July 3rd.
We also have some new merch, including the “Galaxy Wide Tee,” “Blotter L/S Tee,” and the “Business Tee,” as well the “TPD Walkin’ Hat” and a Twin Peaks sticky notepad. All profits from the “Business Tee” this month will benefit Black Lives Matter Chicago. Each month moving forward, we will donate profits from a different merch item in our store to a rotating NPO / cause.
This old boy turns 4 years old today. What a time we did have recording this during the summer of fun in 2015. Our spirit guide Ben Kramer opened his doors to us in Western, MA to track it there. We spent our days writing, playing music, building a lake barge, making slip ’n slides, grilling, canoeing, and tryna keep the place clean. I think we spent about six weeks there on and off touring throughout the summer, making the record, and having too much fun. The level of camaraderie we established there followed us into everything we’d do in the years after. I love looking back and thinking about that time, especially during all of this. The good photos were taken by @danieltopetephoto.
📺 Catch Clay playing a few songs TONIGHT via @menshealthmag on IG LIVE for “MH Fest.” He’s on at 6pm EST. This is all in support of NAMI; donate some dough if you can for an important cause.
TODAY IS THE DAY! Bandcamp is giving us “No Fee Friday” – they’re waiving all their fees and giving all profit from sales directly to artists. Our always thoughtful label @grandjurymusic is also waving their cut today! These folks are setting us up for a bit of a win in a time where everyone’s taking a loss. We thank them greatly. By buying music on Bandcamp today, you’re directly supporting us so if you can, go buy some of our music that you like HERE. If ya can’t, we’ll just see you down the line at a show.
📷 - Cooper Fox
Happy to be a part of @menshealthmag “MH Fest” this weekend. Clay’s gonna play some songs via their Instagram Live. This whole thing is in support of NAMI so please donate what you can here.
SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Tune in to “Video Therapy” tonight at 7pm PST to catch Cadien speaking live with @jbtvonline Music Television! You can stream it on the following platforms:
