Friendship Commanders' August run begins today 8/7 + Sept-Oct tour dates have been announced!

From Buick Audra:

“if you want to live, just go get started”

Hi friends!

Running out the door to begin Friendship Commanders’ August tour dates right now! The first show of our run with Crop is tonight, August 7th, in Lexington, KY! We have eight shows with them throughout the Midwest and East Coast; can’t wait!

We’ve also announced a September tour with our Magnetic Eye Records label mates, Witch Ripper, which will take us out West; we have some West Coast dates on our own, as well. Finally, we’re playing Wisconsin Doomed & Stoned in Green Bay on October 17th, and Wendigo Doom Fest in Knoxville on Halloween! All of our dates are below.

TOUR DATES & TICKETS

Today is also Bandcamp Friday, a great day to support independent artists, especially during this time of music and art being devalued at every turn. The reality of AI and its war on genuine creativity and creative problem-solving is upon us (I made a formal post about it on Instagram earlier this week, if you’re interested). It requires each of us to act with integrity, discernment, and in solidarity with one another. I’m doing my best; I hope you’ll join me in choosing real work made by real people!

BUICK AUDRA MERCH

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS MERCH

Oh, and the writing on feminism is coming right along. More on that soon. See some of you on the road!

Take no shit, and make good work,

Buick Audra

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS SUMMER-FALL TOUR DATES

08/07 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern

08/08 - Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern

08/09 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl

08/10 - Ithaca, NY @ Angry Mom Records

08/12 - Braintree, MA @ Widowmaker Brewing

08/13 - Easthampton, MA @ The Heavy Culture Cooperative

08/14 - Swarthmore, PA @ Warehouse3

08/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Squirrel Hill Sports Bar

09/17 - Kansas City, MO @ Sk8Bar

09/18 - Little Rock, AR @ Vino’s

09/19 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia

09/20 - Austin, TX @ Ripple Fest Texas

09/22 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive

09/23 - Cody, WY @ The Colonel

09/24 - Missoula, MT @ Monk’s Bar

09/25 - Spokane, WA @ The Chameleon

09/26 - Portland, OR @ High Water Mark

10/01 - Albany, CA @ Ivy Room

10/02 - Los Angeles, CA @ Permanent Records Roadhouse

10/17 - Green Bay, WI @ Wisconsin Doomed & Stoned Festival

10/31 - Knoxville, TN @ Wendigo Doom Fest

Summer shows, mile markers, and some thoughts on feminism

From Buick Audra:

“but I’ve been keeping score”

Hey pals!

It’s peach season here in Nashville. Lightning bugs, cherries, and Tennessee’s trademark microwave heat have been the backdrop to my summer so far. Plus, writing. More on that in a minute! Let’s get through the imminent happenings.

The first bit of news is that Friendship Commanders’ summer tour dates start this weekend in Louisville, KY! We’re hitting Mag Bar Music Fest tomorrow, the 18th, and then we head out for a run of shows with our buds in Crop on August 7th. Should be fun! All dates are at the bottom of this message; come out and see us if we’re traveling your way! Also, if you order vinyl from us (standalone copies of BEAR excluded) during the month of July, we’ll include a copy of our second album, BILL! It’s our way of honoring our late friend Steve Albini, who was born on July 22nd. We made the record with him!

Speaking of anniversaries, Wednesday marked one year since the release of KEEPING SCORE / MELT, the lead dual single from the current FC album, BEAR, a project I wrote about being outside of womanhood. I thought to myself, let me make a quick video about writing KEEPING SCORE to mark the occasion! Famous last words. There was nothing quick about it. I made one, and it exists quite awkwardly on the FC socials, but it felt like it took about three hundred years to do it, and even still, I’m not sure it nailed the point. And what is the point? That I wrote KEEPING SCORE after a lifetime of watching women coddle/favor/praise boys and cis men, at the expense of girls and other women. Ad nauseam. All around me. While wearing feminist t-shirts. It was difficult to capture all of that in a one-minute video (mine was two minutes).

Video and social media flails aside, I’m enormously proud of KEEPING SCORE. I’m super proud of MELT, too, but KEEPING SCORE hits bone for me. It has since the day I wrote it. I deeply appreciate all who have connected with it and the rest of the tracks on BEAR!

One of the reasons I’m having a hard time with anything that takes less than a minute to consume is that I’m deep in the trenches of something that is taking most of my time to express. As I mentioned in my previous letter, I began writing after the European tour. It started as work I was doing just for me, to chronicle the tour, but maybe also for some other reason I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Now that I’m up to my eyeballs in it, I see what it is. It’s me exploring: what is feminism? And does it still exist? I don’t mean the marches and slogans and swag left over from other times. No, I mean the actual belief system. And if it does, is there a version we can agree on, or even work with temporarily? Furthermore: where do I land in it? Stay tuned for my thrilling findings (maybe)!

I’ve also been writing some new music for both of my projects, which is always a relief. It’s not that I ever fear I’ve run out of music, but when the new songs do show themselves, I’m reminded that I’m more than however this moment feels. My interior and exterior worlds expand. New songs are lighthouses on any given stretch of sea.

Okay, that’s all of it for now! Wait, one more thing: should I start a Substack? And if so, would you subscribe? It would be about songwriting and music. I’m rolling the idea around in my head, and whether I can manage a posting schedule. Let me know what you think!

I greatly appreciate your presence here and hope to see you at some of the shows, if not elsewhere!

Sending love, solidarity, and a wish for good peaches near you!

Take no shit, and make good work,

Buick Audra

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS SUMMER TOUR DATES

07/18 - Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar Music Fest

08/07 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern

08/08 - Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern

08/09 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl

08/10 - Ithaca, NY @ Angry Mom Records

08/12 - Braintree, MA @ Widowmaker Brewing

08/13 - Easthampton, MA @ The Heavy Culture Cooperative

08/14 - Swarthmore, PA @ Warehouse3

08/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Squirrel Hill Sports Bar

09/20 - Austin, TX @ Ripple Fest Texas

Summer tour dates & festivals for Friendship Commanders!

From FC:

Pals!

We're home from Europe and mostly recovered from the tour, travel, and jet lag; we're certainly upright enough to tell you that we had a powerful time over those three and a half weeks! We ended up playing nineteen shows in twenty-three days, across six countries. We gave our very first encore in France, and did seven total on the run. An honor! We also debuted DRIPPING SILVER in a live setting and played it at fifteen of the shows. We ate incredible vegan fare, saw actual castles, met countless people, and in our estimation, had some of our best performances. Huge thanks to all who contributed to the tour's success!

Our Summer tour dates have been announced, many of which are with our friends, Crop! We're hitting Mag Bar Music Fest in Louisville on July 18th with them and many other comrades, and then we're co-headlining an eight-show run together in August! Excited to hit some cities we've somehow never played before. And then we're doing the Magnetic Eye Records showcase at Ripple Fest Texas in Austin on September 20th! Individual line-ups for both festivals have been released, and our dates rip pretty hard, if we do say so ourselves.

All dates and corresponding tickets here.

We're so grateful to have you here with us, and we hope to see as many of you as possible on the road this Summer!

Buick Audra & Jerry Roe, 
Friendship Commanders

SUMMER TOUR DATES
🌿07/18 - Louisville, KY @ Mag Bar Music Fest
🌿08/07 - Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
🌿08/08 - Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern
🌿08/09 - Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl
🌿08/10 - Ithaca, NY @ Angry Mom Records
🌿08/12 - Braintree, MA @ Widowmaker Brewing
🌿08/13 - Easthampton, MA @ The Heavy Culture Cooperative
🌿08/14 - Swarthmore, PA @ Warehouse3
🌿08/15 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Squirrel Hill Sports Bar
🌿09/20 - Austin, TX @ Ripple Fest Texas

Friendship Commanders' first European tour starts this week, May 15th!

From Buick Audra:

Pals!

I’m living off of lists, bags within bags, and sheer adrenaline right now! I have fewer than twenty-four hours left in my house to prepare for three-and-a-half weeks in Europe with Friendship Commanders! In reality, the prep started months ago, as you know, but now I’m down to contact solution and small foam pieces to provide extra padding for the three guitars I’m flying over with. Wish me luck, but really wish them luck. See one of them, MARIAH, at the bottom of this message!

At a certain point, you have to hand it all over, literally and symbolically, and fly, right? I’m nearly at that point!

So, without further ado, here’s a reminder about the eighteen shows we’re playing in six countries! We’ve started a channel within the FC Instagram account where we’ll be sharing exclusive content from the road; follow along there! Also, here’s a lovely piece of press about us from RIFF RIOT out of Slovakia, ahead of our show in Bratislava! What a life! Shows run from May 15th to June 6th; join us!

All tour dates and tickets can be found here!

Thrilled, grateful to have you here, and definitely eating chocolate chips right out of the bag,

Buick Audra

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS EUROPEAN SPRING TOUR DATES
🌿15/05 - Mayen, Germany @ Highlander Pub
🌿16/05 - Coevorden, Netherlands @ MFC
🌿17/05 - Lichtervelde, Belgium @ PrintbaAr
🌿19/05 - Barberaz, France @ Le Brin de Zinc
🌿20/05 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Ponyhof
🌿21/05 - Siegen, Germany @ Vortex
🌿22/05 - Augsburg, Germany @ Yolo Toast
🌿23/05 - Cottbus, Germany @ Galerie Fango
🌿24/05 - Nürnberg, Germany @ Zentralcafé Kaya
🌿25/05 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Koncerty na Garážach
🌿27/05 - Radebeul, Germany @ Barnyard Club
🌿28/05 - Münster, Germany @ Rare Guitar
🌿29/05 - Hagen, Germany @ Werkhof Hohenlimburg
🌿30/05 - Asendorf, Germany @ Kulturhaus B.O.
🌿01/06 - Hanover, Germany @ Béi Chéz Heinz
🌿02/06 - Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
🌿03/06 - Hildesheim, Germany @ Club VEB
🌿06/06 - Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg @ MK Bar

Friendship Commanders leave for their first European tour in 2 weeks!

From Buick Audra:

“always the one who’s making too much sound”

Happy April!

I just finished assembling the world’s most concise pedal board in preparation for the upcoming Friendship Commanders tour! I needed something smaller that I could carry on the plane, but which would still make my guitars uncomfortably loud and fuzzy. Mission accomplished! See the final product below, all sixteen by eight inches of it; A FEAT. Still nailing down which guitars I’m taking, but two of the three are sorted. Getting closer! I’m starting to actually feel excited about what’s ahead, the prospect of playing so many stages we’ve never played before, in cities and countries we’ll be visiting for the first time.

Speaking of which: there are more shows! We’re now playing eighteen shows across six countries, starting in Mayen, Germany on May 15th! If we’re coming anywhere near you between then and June 6th, please join us at the shows! The above quote is from our song, MELT, which we’ll be playing on the tour alongside many others from our new BEAR album! Can’t wait.

All tour dates and tickets can be found here!

The last time I wrote to you, I was commemorating the first anniversary of my song, QUESTIONS FOR THE GODS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR; this week, I’m celebrating the same for YELLOW, the second single released from ADULT CHILD. I’ve continued the live-at-home videos of those songs on my socials, if you’re interested in hearing a more stripped-down, solo presentation of the work. And here’s the cool official video for YELLOW I released one year ago! This one was a fun challenge.

This Friday, May 1st is a Bandcamp Friday, and I have all kinds of cool ADULT CHILD wares in my shop, as well as my other solo albums and books. And of course, there are many FC offerings! Happy to send you things before I leave for tour! Either way, I appreciate you being here, and I wish a peaceful rest of the month. See some of you in Europe!

With love and respect,

Buick Audra

FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS EUROPEAN SPRING TOUR DATES
🌿15/05 - Mayen, Germany @ Highlander Pub
🌿16/05 - Coevorden, Netherlands @ MFC
🌿17/05 - Lichtervelde, Belgium @ PrintbaAr
🌿19/05 - Barberaz, France @ Le Brin de Zinc
🌿20/05 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Ponyhof
🌿21/05 - Siegen, Germany @ Vortex
🌿22/05 - Augsburg, Germany @ Yolo Toast
🌿23/05 - Cottbus, Germany @ Galerie Fango
🌿24/05 - Nürnberg, Germany @ Zentralcafé Kaya
🌿25/05 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Koncerty na Garážach
🌿27/05 - Radebeul, Germany @ Barnyard Club
🌿28/05 - Münster, Germany @ Rare Guitar
🌿29/05 - Hagen, Germany @ Werkhof Hohenlimburg
🌿30/05 - Asendorf, Germany @ Kulturhaus B.O.
🌿01/06 - Hanover, Germany @ Béi Chéz Heinz
🌿02/06 - Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
🌿03/06 - Hildesheim, Germany @ Club VEB
🌿06/06 - Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg @ MK Bar

Friendship Commanders have two April shows + updated May-June EU dates!

From Buick Audra:

“still the flowers bloom outside my door”

Happy Spring, friends!

As I write this, I’m at my desk in Nashville facing my front yard tree, about which I wrote the first verse of the song FIRSTBORN from my album, ADULT CHILD. She was in bloom mid-month, for her one whole week of the year. I was so grateful to be in town for it! I hope something is flowering near you right now.

The early Spring tour dates Friendship Commanders did with Temptress were fantastic. Loud, full of life, and even involved me singing a song with Kelsey for a handful of shows.

Do you know how long it had been since I’d sung with another woman? Neither do I. But several years, in any event. It was nice!

I’ve been in a singing mood lately. We just passed the one year anniversary of QUESTIONS FOR THE GODS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR being released as the lead single for ADULT CHILD. In the last ten days or so, I’ve been recording some live-at-home videos of those songs and sharing them on my socials. Lovely to revisit this project that was written, recorded, and released across various Spring seasons. Here’s the official vid for QFTGOHB, if you’ve never seen it! And if you missed my related essay for Atwood Magazine that was published around this time last year as part of their Women’s History Month series, enjoy!

In other singing news, Friendship Commanders have two April shows in the States: one this coming Saturday, April 4th, at TN Brew Works right here in Nashville, and one on April 10th at Reggie’s in Chicago. The Nashville show will likely be our only local event of the year, and the Chicago show lands on the six-month-iversary of our album BEAR being in the world! Will we do something zazzly to mark the occasion? Not sure! But knowing us, probably!

AND THEN WE’RE OFF TO EUROPE! Several new dates have been added to our May-June tour, and now we’re hitting six countries over the course of three weeks! I’m not ready at all, but I hope to be in the coming month. We leave on May 13th. I’ll probably write to you once more between now and then. Maybe I’ll have news about which guitars I’m taking over, because right now, I truly don’t know.

All tour dates and tickets can be found here!

I think that’s it for today! I’m grateful to have you here, I hope to see you out there, and remember: everything we do now contributes to women’s history. That’s heavy on my mind these days, and I carry it with me in all of my musical endeavors. Keeps me honest, keeps me bold. Keeps me going.

With love and respect,

Buick Audra

FC U.S. SPRING TOUR DATES
🌿04/04 - Nashville, TN @ TN Brew Works
🌿04/10 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Music Joint


FC EUROPEAN SPRING TOUR DATES

🌿16/05 - Coevorden, Netherlands @ MFC
🌿17/05 - Lichtervelde, Belgium @ PrintbaAr
🌿19/05 - Barberaz, France @ Le Brin de Zinc
🌿21/05 - Siegen, Germany @ Vortex
🌿22/05 - Augsburg, Germany @ Yolo Toast
🌿23/05 - Cottbus, Germany @ Galerie Fango
🌿24/05 - Nürnberg, Germany @ Zentralcafé Kaya
🌿25/05 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Koncerty na Garážach
🌿27/05 - Radebeul, Germany @ Barnyard Club
🌿28/05 - Münster, Germany @ Rare Guitar
🌿29/05 - Hagen, Germany @ Werkhof Hohenlimburg
🌿30/05 - Asendorf, Germany @ Kulturhaus B.O.
🌿02/06 - Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
🌿03/06 - Hildesheim, Germany @ Club VEB
🌿06/06 - Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg @ MK Bar

still the flowers bloom

Friendship Commanders are heading to Europe this Spring! But first, the Southeast next month!

From FC:

Hello and happy new year, friends!

While 2026 is off to an intense start at best, we're still looking forward to getting out and being loud in February and beyond! Our co-headlining tour dates with Temptress kick off on the 18th, and there has been one noteworthy change: February 25th will now find us in Miami as opposed to Jensen Beach, FL. Miami is Buick's hometown, and not only have we never played there, she's never played there. Momentous occasion! We've also added a Chicago show to our solo dates in April! We'll see you pals in one of our favorite cities on the 10th. 

AND THEN: Europe! Our first time! Thrilled to announce our May-June dates, starting in the Netherlands and ending in Luxembourg! Assorted shows in Germany, France, and Slovakia in between. We truly can't wait. We've been working toward this for what feels like an eternity. And finally, here we come!

All dates and corresponding tickets here.

In physical media news, we have all shirt sizes back in stock for our BEAR vinyl bundles on Bandcamp! The next Bandcamp Friday is February 6th, but it's always a good time to buy music from artists! In recognition of our first album DAVE turning a full decade old on February 12th, all vinyl orders between now and the end of February will include a free copy of that record on black 12" vinyl! 

Thank you for being here, and we'll see you next month and beyond!

In solidarity and resistance to all abuses of power, always,
Buick Audra & Jerry Roe,
Friendship Commanders

SOUTHEASTERN U.S. & BEYOND EARLY SPRING TOUR DATES
🌿02/18 - Houston, TX  @ Black Magic Social Club
🌿02/19 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Mid City Ballroom
🌿02/20 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia 
🌿02/21 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
🌿02/22 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic
🌿02/24 - Tampa, FL @ Deviant Libation
🌿02/25 - Miami, FL @ Las Rosas 
🌿02/26 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub
🌿02/27 - Jacksonville, FL @ Hard Love 
🌿02/28 - Savannah, GA @ Totally Awesome Bar
🌿03/01 - Athens, GA @ The World Famous 
🌿03/03 - Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social
🌿03/04 - Asheville, NC @ The Odd 
🌿03/05 - Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana 
🌿03/06 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook
🌿03/07 - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
🌿03/08 - Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia
🌿04/04 - Nashville, TN @ TN Brew Works*
🌿04/10 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Music Joint*
*No Temptress


EUROPEAN SPRING TOUR DATES
🌿16/05 - Coevorden, Netherlands @ MFC
🌿19/05 - Barberaz, France @ Le Brin de Zinc
🌿23/05 - Cottbus, Germany @ Galerie Fango
🌿25/05 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Koncerty na Garážach
🌿27/05 - Radebeul, Germany @ Barnyard Club
🌿28/05 - Münster, Germany @ Rare Guitar
🌿29/05 - Hagen, Germany @ Werkhof Hohenlimburg
🌿30/05 - Asendorf, Germany @ Kulturhaus B.O.
🌿02/06 - Hamburg, Germany @ Hafenklang
🌿03/06 - Hildesheim, Germany @ Club VEB
🌿06/06 - Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg @ MK Bar

Thank you for everything in 2025!

From Buick Audra:

Friends!

A loving note of appreciation for your solidarity and support in 2025, a massive year of output for me—maybe the biggest of my life so far. Across my projects, I released two albums, put forth eleven singles with videos, published three essays, toured on both records, started shooting with 35mm film again, and read exactly half of one book. Some years hold more than others, and this one was about as full as they get over here. Thank you for receiving it!

Someone recently asked me if I think being a songwriter is selfish. I said, all art is communication. It’s two pieces: expression and reception. We don’t make work for ourselves alone. We make work to tell, to be known, and to know in return. Many people have made me feel known through their responses to my music this year, and I feel like I know something about them as a result. I am incredibly grateful for this symbiosis, to have the opportunity to connect. As I said in ONE-STEP CLOSE-UP on my ADULT CHILD album:

I’ve been light, I’ve been sound // just trying to capture it all.

And that’s true. That’s all I’m doing here. Thank you.

The first tour dates of 2026 have already been announced for Friendship Commanders, and they’re listed below; I’ll be playing Buick Audra shows as well! There will be announcements, emails, new songs, new everything. But for now, I’m content and thoughtful. I hope your year held whatever you wanted it to, and I hope we get to see each other in 2026!

With gratitude and holiday wishes!

Buick Audra

2025 RELEASES

ALBUMS
ADULT CHILD - Buick Audra - June 13
BEAR - Friendship Commanders - October 10

SINGLES / VIDEOS
“QUESTIONS FOR THE GODS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR” - Buick Audra - March 21
“YELLOW” - Buick Audra - April 18
“IT ALL BELONGED TO ME” - Buick Audra - May 16
“FIRSTBORN” - Buick Audra - June 13
“MELT” - Friendship Commanders - July 10
“KEEPING SCORE” - Friendship Commanders - July 15
“X” - Friendship Commanders - August 13
“MIDHEAVEN” - Friendship Commanders - August 13
“FOUND” - Friendship Commanders - September 18
“DRAIN” - Friendship Commanders - October 9
“DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS” - Friendship Commanders - November 14

RELATED WRITING
On Learning to Be Proud of My Music as a Firstborn Adult Child Daughter // Buick Audra, Atwood Magazine - March 24

My New Album Made Me Realize That Empathy Is a Superpower, But Only When I Direct It at Myself First // Buick Audra, Scummy Water Tower - June 13
It’s Not Mine I Carry Around: On Being Outside of Womanhood, But Still Looking Out for the Girls // Buick Audra, Atwood Magazine - November 14

Today is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2025!

From Buick Audra:

Friends! It’s December!

I’m freshly home from a fantastic November run with Friendship Commanders, I’ve done my laundry (twice!), and I’m ready to send off this beautiful year of creative output and community with a bang! Today, December 5th, is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2025 and I’m stocked up in both of my projects! If you’d like to give the give the gift of music, whether my solo work or Friendship Commanders, I’ve got you covered. I’ll even gift wrap the items for you if you shoot me a note when you purchase! I have physical copies of my new solo album, ADULT CHILD, as well as the Lyrics & Lists notebooks that each have forty pages for your own creative work, and even some shirts and copies of my memoirs! In the other camp, we have gorgeous transparent marbled green vinyl copies of the new Friendship Commanders LP, BEAR, as well as shirts and all kinds of other fare! For this holiday edition of Bandcamp Friday, I’ve added some handwritten lyrics for the BEAR songs, as well. Limited offering for the true music appreciators! Thank you for your support of art made by humans!

BUICK AUDRA ALBUMS & MERCH
FRIENDSHIP COMMANDERS ALBUMS & MERCH

I have so much to say about this year and what it has been for me, but for now: thanks for being here, for coming out to the shows, and for supporting independent music! Means the world.

Sending you holiday cheer, hopes for good mail, and all the comfort you crave!
Buick Audra

New video for DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS by Friendship Commanders out today, plus a new personal essay written by Buick Audra

From Buick Audra:

Dear friends,

Today, I bring you the seventh video from the new Friendship Commanders album, BEAR: DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS. This is the closing track on the record; part brutal observation, part wish for something better. I wrote the song months after learning about the death of Reena Virk, a fourteen-year-old Canadian girl who was killed by her peers in 1997. The story wouldn’t leave my mind, so I put it in this song along with my own adolescent experiences with violence, rejection, and displacement. The video is premiering at Metal Epidemic, and I’ve also written an essay for Atwood Magazine, expanding on the subject matter. 

We have chosen to release this work today, November 14th, because it is the anniversary of Reena's death. We offer this up with respect, care, and mindfulness.

The video, directed, shot, and edited by Jerry Roe, is a meditation on loss, remembrance, and being engulfed by water. We hope the music, imagery, and message all connect with you.

WATCH THE VIDEO
READ THE ESSAY
ORDER BEAR
STREAM BEAR
TOUR DATES & TICKETS

I also have two new interviews to share with you today! FC discussed all things BEAR and beyond with Bob and Frizz of the Rhythm on the Rocks Podcast, out this week! In addition, I’m this week's guest on the Pursuing the Muse Podcast, for which I talked with Tom Compton about releasing my solo album ADULT CHILD as well as BEAR in 2025, among other things related to my creative process! Enjoy both!

Friendship Commanders are currently out here on the road, enjoying every minute of this tour! Our remaining 2025 dates take us through several cities in California, the Pacific Northwest, and a final show in Laramie! Check our upcoming stops and we'll see you soon!

I hope you love DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS. As always, I deeply value your time and attention.
My best,
Buick Audra