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

BEAR by Friendship Commanders is out!

From Buick Audra:

Friends!

The fourth album by my band Friendship Commanders is now in the world! It’s called BEAR, and it’s a ten-song project about belonging, being an outsider, and embracing the margins. We made it with our friend and collaborator Kurt Ballou in Salem, MA, and truly had the best time doing so. The title references all definitions of the word: to carry, endure, and give birth to. And also, the beast. I wrote the project during a season of realizing I had maybe never been accepted by womanhood on the whole, often being too much and not enough at exactly the same time. Those same people expected my service, solidarity, and support—but not my strength. That season of examining rejection gave way to acknowledging where I have always fit: in factions of the arts, outsider culture, and the fringe. There is a balance between the two primary territories on this record, and I believe it’s our strongest work to date. I hope you love it!

We were featured in SPIN last week; interviewed by Jedd Beaudoin on the NPR podcast, INTO MUSIC; and given some incredible reviews, including my favorite one here, from METAL EPIDEMIC. Grateful for all of it!

We released a video for the latest single, DRAIN, alongside the album! DRAIN is a personal favorite, and and absolutely leveling piece of music to sing. Enjoy!

ORDER BEAR

STREAM BEAR

WATCH DRAIN VIDEO

We’ve already started playing shows in support of the new album! Kansas City and Tulsa were a killer time. Next run starts this Thursday, October 16th in Columbus! Check our dates and come see us! Playing the new songs on stage is a blast.

Thanks to everyone who is listening! My sincere appreciation for your support and presence here. Hope BEAR finds you where you are!

Buick Audra

Buick Audra solo shows this week! And Friendship Commanders' new single, FOUND!

From BA:

Hey, friends!

Just freshly home from the weekend of Friendship Commanders’ preview shows ahead of our album release and related touring—and I’m turning right back around to play some solo dates. I’m excited to be hitting Athens GA tomorrow (9/24) for the first time as a solo artist, and Savannah GA on Thursday (9/25) for the first time in any project! Have passed through that beautiful city many times, but this will be my first time setting up my gear and playing. Really looking forward to both shows! Come see me if you’re in either area! Details here and below.

The last time I wrote to you, I mentioned that my album ADULT CHILD and its opening track THE WORST PEOPLE WIN had both been submitted for GRAMMY nomination consideration! We’re currently in the voting season, so if you’re a member of the Recording Academy, my work is eligible! If you’d like further details on the project and track, it’s all available at the FYC page! Thanks in advance for your consideration.

In other news, Friendship Commanders just released a single called FOUND with a corresponding music video! This song is about the sacred connection with one’s art, and how the sensitivity required to make said art is a gift. For much of my life, this set of characteristics I carry around felt like a sort of liability, something to overcome. But I have come to see these traits as super powers—in myself and in others. To be protected at all costs. The song and vid premiered at CVLT Nation who called it “the perfect balance of anthemic and underground,” which we love! Hope you enjoy it!

Our new album BEAR will be here on October 10th, with our album release dates beginning on October 9th! We’re also doing a Bandcamp listening party on October 8th. At said party, we’ll be announcing the winner of our signed test pressing giveaway! To enter, just pre-order a physical copy of the album on Bandcamp by the end of day on October 4th. We’ll be pulling the name from the pre-orders!

That’s it for now! I’m so grateful for your time and attention, I hope you’re doing well, and I’ll see some of you at the shows this week!

Buick Audra

September solo electric dates for Buick Audra! And Friendship Commanders have two more songs out, and Fall tour has been announced!

FROM BA:

Pals!

First, I had the best time on my July solo electric tour dates in support of my album ADULT CHILD! Thanks to all who came out, played, worked, and shared about the shows! I hadn’t toured solo in a couple of years and it was so lovely to be out there with the songs, one guitar, and a 35mm camera I took along with me (more on that in a minute).

Today, I’m happy to share two more upcoming solo electric shows, this time in the Southeast! Looking forward to hitting Athens and Savannah a month from now! Dates below; please come see me if I’m headed your way.

Speaking of ADULT CHILD, I was notified last week that somebody submitted the album and its opening song, THE WORST PEOPLE WIN, to be considered for GRAMMY nominations! The person is a Recording Academy voting member who feels strongly about the work and submitted it in the following categories:

• Best Alternative Music Album - ADULT CHILD

• Best Rock Song - “THE WORST PEOPLE WIN”

• Best Alternative Music Performance - “THE WORST PEOPLE WIN” 

If you are a voting member, please be advised that my work can be voted for in this preliminary round! What a thing. Stay tuned for more information on this!

In Friendship Commanders news, we released another dual single on August 13th: X / MIDHEAVEN! Like the set of songs that preceded this drop, KEEPING SCORE and MELT, these two tracks hold down different ends of the tonal spectrum contained within our forthcoming album, BEAR. Some sugar, some salt. Some light, some dark. I think you’ll find that X lands firmly on the more lush side of things, while MIDHEAVEN rides horseback at night with no lantern. Both discuss identity, influence, and belonging. We made videos for both the singles because we’re out of our minds! The vid for X is a loving send-up to Gen X heroes taken too soon, and in the second verse you can catch me shooting a vintage Lomo Zenith camera in the line about our late friend and collaborator, Steve Albini. It was his camera. The very same one I took with me on ADULT CHILD tour. I’m incredibly moved to have it in my possession, and to have been able to use it in this piece of art. The vid for MIDHEAVEN gets away from the sentimental and tackles the larger ideas of what makes us who we are; is it the stars in the sky? Nature? Nurture? One thing seems clear to me, those who insist that they know should be viewed with a healthy amount of skepticism. This song offers that lens of scrutiny. Meanwhile, enjoy the single shot in the bridge! It was some serious work to get it!

FC are also touring this Fall, with the first pair of shows coming up just three weeks from now. Dates here and below! And if you haven’t pre-ordered BEAR yet, we’ve added some new merch offerings, including an album cover t-shirt. The full album will be here on October 10th via our new label, Magnetic Eye Records!

In summary, yes, I’m doing both projects at once right now, which is wild but also quite gratifying. Every time I feel like collapsing, I remind myself that I’ve wanted this all of my life. And I pause for a minute and get back to work. Thanks for being here to receive the fruits of the labor!

See you out there,

Buick Audra

KEEPING SCORE / MELT dual single by Friendship Commanders out today! BEAR album coming in October! Also: Buick Audra solo electric tour dates start tomorrow, 7/16!

FROM FC:

FRIENDS.

First, hello! We're so happy to be here with you all. Hope you're okay. Better than okay! Second, we have so much to tell you! Allow us to start at the beginning.

We've signed a multiple-album deal with Magnetic Eye Records! Truly! We're so happy about it, glad to be among such a cool heavy music community, and absolutely thrilled to have a good home for our forthcoming album!

Speaking of which, BEAR will be released on October 10th through Magnetic Eye! It's an album about the ever-elusive idea of belonging—where it occurs, and where it absolutely does not. BEAR was co-produced by us—Buick Audra (guitars, vocals) and Jerry Roe (drums, bass)—along with our longtime collaborator, Kurt Ballou. Pre-orders just went live!

The first dual single, KEEPING SCORE / MELT, is out everywhere today, along with dynamic videos! The video for MELT premiered in Decibel Magazine last week, and KEEPING SCORE is live today!

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One last thing! Buick's solo album ADULT CHILD has been out for one full month now, and her solo electric tour dates start tomorrow, July 16th! Check her dates to see if she's coming anywhere near you!

We appreciate you more than you know, and we hope you love the new work!
Buick & Jerry, FC

Buick Audra's new album ADULT CHILD is out! The Nashville album release show is tonight!

FROM BA:

Dear friends,

Today I bring you my fourth solo album, ADULT CHILD! I am so proud to be here, to have made this work. All throughout this release cycle, I’ve said that this is a record about identity, estrangement, and trying to outrun one’s lineage—my lineage. And it is. But it’s also a record about being a person, a record I made with friends, that I crafted out of melodies which floated in and out of my head, bright yellow tempera paint, and sentiments I couldn’t pin down anywhere but in song. It was handmade, and now I’m hand-delivering it to you. I hope you love it!

In addition to the album, I’m thrilled to share the video for FIRSTBORN, an anthem about self-ownership and acceptance, and the only acoustic track on the album. Directed by me and Jerry Roe, who also shot and edited it!

It’s a big day for me - thank you for being part of it!

ADULT CHILD

Written & produced by Buick Audra

Recorded by Justin Francis & Buick Audra

Assisted by Skyler Chuckry & Joanna Finley at Sound Emporium

Mixed by Kurt Ballou

Mastered by Brad Boatright

Buick Audra - guitars, vocals, & art

Kris Donegan - guitars

Lex Price - bass

Jerry Roe - drums, percussion, & synths

ORDER ADULT CHILD

STREAM ADULT CHILD

LISTEN TO MY INTERVIEW ON INTO MUSIC (NPR)

READ THE ALBUM PREMIERE / INTERVIEW AT ROCK AND ROLL GLOBE

READ / WATCH THE FIRSTBORN VIDEO PREMIERE AT NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS

My album release show is tonight at the Basement, a true Nashville venue if ever there was one! I’m elated to be playing my new album with my same collaborators from the record, and my friend Grant-Lee Phillips is opening the evening! What’s not to love? Doors are at 6:30 and the music starts promptly at 7; hope to see many of you there! If I don’t, check my tour dates below to see if I’m coming your way in July!

BUY ALBUM RELEASE SHOW TICKETS

There will be more soon, but right now I’m just happy to be here, on release day, my songs making their way into the world. What a thing!

My love and solidarity to each of you; I so appreciate your time and attention.

Enjoy ADULT CHILD!

Buick