Welcome to Trimming The Shield Records. This label was started by the members of 33 Slade in 2002, and has since been owned and operated by Buick Audra. It is home to a whole crew of procrastinators.
A note about independent music: this label is fully self-supporting. Please pay for the music you enjoy, and the good karma fairy will find you and make rad things happen, we swear. Thanks.
We're elated to announce the first single from our forthcoming body of work from Friendship Commanders. The song is called "BLUE" and it serves as a thesis statement for the record. We hope you love it. Save to any and all platforms now!
Photo by Anna Haas // Cyanotype by Buick Audra
Happy 2023!
We hope you’re all happy and well. We have some fantastic updates on several fronts. Here goes:
FC’s third full-length album will release this year (!!!!) and we can't wait to start sharing the music with you very soon. In the meantime, Buick has started publishing the second half of the Massachusetts Memories series. The pieces are connected to the music; check them out!
Also, thanks to everyone who has purchased RELEASE THE REST vinyl (which turned out so beautifully!). There are some copies left; grab them while they’re here! This is the only pressing of those limited EP!
Buick is the most recent guest on the Let’s Talk Memoir podcast! She and yellow writer/host Ronit Plank discussed the Conversations with My Other Voice album and book, the tools she used to choose what was included in the work—and whom, and which part was the most difficult. Plus, they laughed a lot. It’s a good listen! We hope you’ll check it out.
Also, we have sold out of freestanding copies of Conversations with My Other Voice: Essays (thank you!), but have a handful of the t-shirt and book bundles left. All copies purchased through Bandcamp are signed by Buick and come with the custom bookmark!
Over the holiday break, we finally added both 33 Slade albums to all major streaming platforms! You can now find The Way to Win: A True Story and Harmonies for One wherever you get your music! Enjoy.
We thanks you for being here, and we can’t wait to bring you new music and writing this year.
All our best
-TTS
Hello, all!
Our new compilation EP RELEASE THE REST is out! Listen to the remastered collection of singles we released throughout the pandemic as one unified body of work! It's available as a vinyl offering, and the vinyl will ship in mid-December. The record is a semi-transparent violet 12", 45 RPM. We hope you love it!
ALSO: we're playing shows right now! We've had great shows in Youngstown OH and Knoxville recently; this Saturday we're at Boggs in Atlanta GA with our friends Howling Giant. And then, on December 16th, we're having a hometown show at DRKMMTR with Howling Giant, Generation of Vipers (from Knoxville), and Thetan. Not to be missed!
RELEASE THE REST: a limited vinyl compilation of the singles released since HOLD ON TO YOURSELF, remastered for vinyl by Brad Boatright. Mixed by Kurt Ballou.
Semi-transparent violet 12" record, 45 RPM.
ORDER NOW!
Side A:
1. And if My Body
2. Altar
3. Land of Men
Side B:
4. Stonechild
5. Your Reign is Over
Thanks for all the love around "AND IF MY BODY"! Loudwire named it one of the best Metal songs of 2022. We so appreciate the support!
REMAINING SHOWS OF 2022:
12.03 - Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social & Supply
12.16 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
Thank you for being here! We hope you enjoy the new work, and we'll see you out there.
Yours in protest and solidarity,
Buick & Jerry, FC
Hello, all!
As promised, we're thrilled to share our new single, "AND IF MY BODY," with you today. This is a work of protest, a boundary against bodily control and the attitudes that got us here, to this post-Roe reality. Our usual collaborators Kurt Ballou and Brad Boatright worked on it with us. The folx at Treble premiered the video yesterday. Watch it here:
We are also pleased to announce RELEASE THE REST, a limited vinyl compilation of the singles we’ve released since HOLD ON TO YOURSELF, remastered for vinyl by Brad Boatright. Many people have asked us about "STONECHILD / YOUR REIGN IS OVER" and "ALTAR / LAND OF MEN" being released on vinyl, and now those songs will all be in one place! “AND IF MY BODY” opens the EP!
Available for pre-order now, ships on December 1st. Semi-transparent violet vinyl, 45 RPM. Grab one while they last!
We have more dates to announce soon, but mark your calendars for these upcoming shows if you're nearby!
11.26 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
12.16 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
Thank you for being here! We hope you enjoy the new work.
Yours in protest and solidarity,
Buick & Jerry, FC
We're pleased to announce our forthcoming single, "AND IF MY BODY." Pre-save the single HERE, and preview the video below.
Thanks for your continued support!
FC
Conversations with My Other Voice is out today!✨
Today is the day, friends! Conversations with My Other Voice—the album and the memoir—are in the world today. Took me years to put all this together, but it took me a lot longer to grow into the person who could tell these stories without abandoning myself in the process. Without making it better for others. Without making it sparkle. That’s over now, but I couldn’t have done it until I did.
I thank everyone who touched this work with their talents, intention, and care. They’re listed below.
This work is for anyone who ever felt like they didn’t belong, who lost themselves for a time, who dared to speak up when the cost was high, or who doubted their own voice. Fucking same. May the work be of some comfort and encouragement. It certainly has been for me.
The other day, someone asked me how I feel about my release. I don’t love that question, to be honest. It’s big, it involves labor, and I tend to feel 50 ways about everything. But what I said in response surprised me.
I said, “Proud.”
And it was true. That’s new!
The book and album received a beautiful feature in The Nashville Scene yesterday; writer Edd Hurt said, “Conversations is a first-rate rock album that’s melodic and riff-savvy.” He said many other awesome things, too. Read here!
As for the products:
The physical books arrived about a week ago, and when I tell you I cried, I’m not exaggerating. It didn’t seem real until I held one in my hand. But now it’s very real, and if you pre-ordered one, you likely already have it in your possession. My hope is that the book and the album will be consumed in tandem, as they were created as companion works. However, they each hold up on their own.
That’s it! Thank you for being on this journey with me! Thank you for the support, the attention, the kindness. I hope you enjoy the work!
And The official album release show is this Wednesday, September 28th, at the Basement here in Nashville! Hope to see my local community there!
Thank you again! Turn the music up!
Buick Audra
Hello, friends!
We’re two weeks out from the release of Conversations with My Other Voice and I have one last single for you today! She’s called “Simply Said,” and she’s a meditation on what is mine to carry and what is not. For this video, I did a solo live performance at Sound Emporium, the legendary Nashville studio where I made the album. What a pleasure to return to this sacred space.
Read more about the song and video here in the Music Mecca premiere/interview! Jerry Roe shot the video; Justin Francis recorded and mixed the audio, Dan Shike mastered it. Assistant engineering by Skyler Chuckry.
Conversations is a back-and-forth between a younger version of me, and me now; it pairs five songs from who I used to be with five songs written in response, from here. “Simply Said” is one of the original songs and one that I love dearly. It was written at my brother’s house in a very transitional season of life, during which the song served as a light in the dark. I tell the full story in the essay collection I’ve written to accompany the album, Conversations with My Other Voice: Essays. The book comes with a download of the album, and both will be released on September 23rd.
For the album track, I invited eight women in the Nashville music community to join me on the refrain. We tracked these vocals during a lunar eclipse, a night I will never forget. Please enjoy the beautiful harmonies of Sally Jaye, Alicia Witt, Cynthia Cárdenas, Stephanie Jacques, Anna Haas, Kat Jones, Samantha Frances, and Amoretta Layne.
✨This album is almost here. Please pre-save it!
✨The official album release show is on September 28th, at the OG Basement here in Nashville! I’m thrilled to report that Jaimee Harris will be opening the show. I’ll have signed copies of the book, too! Please join us.
That’s it for now! Huge love and appreciation to you for your attention and support. I hope you enjoy the new song! Talk to you in two weeeeeeks!
Buick Audra
Pals! My song “Deadbolt” has been set loose into the wild! The third single from my forthcoming album, Conversations with My Other Voice, is out today. So happy to be sharing it with you.
Conversations is a back-and-forth between a younger version of me, and me now; it pairs five songs from who I used to be with five songs written in response, from here. “Deadbolt” is the first “from here” song to be shared so far. It is a sung boundary, loud and proud. If I were to get a tattoo of any line from the entire album, it would absolutely be:
My attention doesn’t come with your privilege
Read more about the song and video here in the Glide Magazine premiere! The video was directed and edited by Jerry Roe; shot by Jerry Roe and Roger Pistole.
Conversations with My Other Voice is a memoir-in-songs. I thought, why not write a memoir-in-essays to release alongside it? And so I did. Both will release on September 23rd.
✨The next (and final!) single is called “Simply Said,” and it will be yours on September 9th! Pre-save here! I have something special in store for you with this one.
✨The official album release show will be on September 28th, at the OG Basement here in Nashville! I’m thrilled to report that Jaimee Harris will be opening the show. It will be a night to remember. Get tickets now!
✨My beloved Friendship Commanders are playing two festivals in early September: one in Chicago on September 2, and one in Louisville on September 3rd. Join us!
That’s it for now! Huge love and appreciation to you for your attention and support. I hope you enjoy the new song!
Buick Audra
Hey pals!
We hope you've had a great summer so far!
We're doing well, save for the absolutely destructive and dangerous Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24th. Unreal and yet also totally real. We stand with all who support bodily autonomy and have much more to say on the subject; stay tuned for an announcement about that very soon.
In the meantime, we're thrilled to be heading out to play two festivals in just a couple of weeks! We already told you about Scorched Tundra XII in Chicago on September 2nd. We're playing the second of the three nights with REZN, THOU, and HUNTSMEN. If you don't already have tickets, get them now!
CHICAGO: BUY TICKETS HERE
The very next night, September 3rd, we're at PRFBBQLOU2022 in Louisville! It's another incredible line-up and we truly can't wait. We hope to see all kinds of friends and other bands.
LOUISVILLE: BUY TICKETS HERE
In other news: the first two singles from Buick's forthcoming solo album, Conversations with My Other Voice, have been released! "Afraid of Flying" and "The Melody" can be found anywhere you listen to music. The third is called "Deadbolt" and is out this Friday, August 19th; pre-save it if you're interested! If you'd like to pre-order the album and book of essays she wrote to accompany it, you can do so now! Both are out on September 23rd.
If you missed it: Jerry released a rad EP of instrumental tracks in April called Track Guy Kloarb 1.1: Origin of Doomkloarb. You can stream and/or buy it here! He also released a cover of "Goro and the Emperor" and made a whole video of himself tracking it during the early shutdown of 2020. Check it out!
Hope to see some of you very soon!
Thanks for being here,
Buick & Jerry, FC
Friends! My song “The Melody” is in the world today! This is single number two from my forthcoming album, Conversations with My Other Voice. This is one of my favorite songs on the record, and one that holds a foundational story in my life. Here’s a snippet:
He said, “It’s not like the songwriting is rocket science or anything.” So I kept my songs and got rid of him. But not before we spent years going around that same tree.
Some of that story can be read here, in the feature in Guitar Girl Magazine! You can also read about the recording process and my beloved guitars (all of which have names).
Conversations with My Other Voice, is a back-and-forth between a younger version of me and me now. The idea to make the record was inspired by five songs I didn't get to record in my previous solo music chapter; I thought I'd track them and quietly release them as an EP, but when I sat down with them again, I found that I wasn't the woman who wrote them anymore. The stories had changed, and so had my feelings about them. So, I wrote five songs in response and updated the perspectives. It ended up being a set of conversations, hence the title. It is a memoir-in-songs. I am publishing a collection of memoir-style essays, with the album. Pre-order here!
Both will release on September 23rd.
The next single is called “Deadbolt,” and it will be yours in August! Pre-save here!
The video for “Afraid of Flying” is making its DittyTV debut this weekend on The Curve! Tune in at 10 PM CT to catch it!
The official album release show will be on September 28th, at the OG Basement here in Nashville! More details about that soon, but save the date!
I think that’s everything. Who knows anymore. There’s a lot going on. I love you and value your presence here; thank you. Talk soon!
Buick Audra