Witnesses pt. 1 (at New York, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTKZgrlUEN/?igshid=1p0235q1d3hjw

Constables in Cars getting Cronuts©️ (at New York, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOPjkYMgqA/?igshid=d2hzf5jsi3bi

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, noted Brazilian statesman, scientist, and abolitionist looks on from his perch at Bryant Park as protestors pass through Manhattan. (at New York, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBN1dSal_on/?igshid=n95crmkh7pgw

After some protestors destroyed a cop car, the cops came in and chased/maced everyone off it. So she stepped in, leaned along the hood, and dared the cops to drag her off the cruiser. (at New York, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBLTH6TlMRK/?igshid=f537doojouz5

This is the first single, from my new album.

🚨LINK IN BIO TO LISTEN🚨

Produced & Mixed by: @SubpYao
Horns: Roel van Wijk, Dirk Bosman, Tim Paters
Bass: Sam Verstraten
Backing Vocals: @Bartees_Strange

Artwork: @AndyMcAlpineDesign

This was supposed to come out in April, and the album was all set for a September release, with a full US and EU tour to follow in October and November…then all hell broke loose with Corona.

As borders locked down, and the world ground to a halt, I talked to my team, and everyone advised that we push everything back. This totally gutted me, because Subp Yao and I have been working on the album for so long (he is producing the entire thing), it is such a departure from anything I have done, and I was just so ready for the world to hear it.

But, the other exciting part of this album forced us to make the tough call to push it all back. We’ve decided we’re done with record labels (outside of Europe…shout out to Cargo Record for handling us there), and we are DIY or die from here on out. So, we’ll be self-releasing this record (outside of the EU), and it only made sense, that if we are going to do this ourselves, we needed to do it right. So, we pushed the album release back, to very early 2021 with a US & EU tours to follow (will be announcing that soon). I hated doing that, but it was the right thing to do.

BUT…I didn’t want to wait that long to start sharing this music with y’all…and so we decided to stick with ONE PART of the original plan, and release the first single before the summer starts. We picked one of my favorite songs off the album, “The Way I Am” and scheduled everything for June 5th. Then all hell broke loose in Minneapolis.

If you have been following me on social media at all, you know what this all means for me, both as a long time resident of Minneapolis, and as an American. Hell, if you have listened to the last two albums I made you’ll know what all this means to me. I felt so heartbroken and angry in the last 10 days, so worried for my friends in MPLS, and so furious at my country, it felt hard to think about releasing music. It felt hard to think about anything.

CONTINUED BELOW:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDmd4xlfEC/?igshid=1lqzwe182w2ag

Marching in Midtown. (at Manhattan, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBjl1KF6HB/?igshid=1arzu0hzrqxvu

#selfie (at Manhattan, New York)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-eJkxlm4d/?igshid=3t50ckqvboq5

Slide 3, the fear in their eyes, was caused by them, looking at slide 4. The officer trying to save gear from the smoking and destroyed police cruiser.

Taken at Union Square On Saturday. I’ll be out in Times Square tonight too. If you are in the city, come out.

Everyone, be safe, be loud. (at Union Square, Manhattan)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5tQ0kFRG7/?igshid=xxwvkda84w5q

Memorial Day 2020. (at Bushwick, Brooklyn)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAnNgLfFrQn/?igshid=ljx2r8mvhcak

I had the great privilege of covering the classic anti-fascist Italian folk song “Bella Ciao” for an incredible podcast series, “The Women’s War”. It is a wonderful ground level report on the all female Kurdish fighting forces, in northern Syria called the YPJ.

Special thanks to @subpyaooo & @iamrickolus for helping make this with me. Click the link in the bio to listen to our loud folk punk techno version of “bella ciao”, and be sure to listen to “The Women’s War” wherever you get podcasts from.

✌🏼
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfitXDFfpb/?igshid=x2r9s8nwlcxl

Can’t take my new @redwingheritage boots on a hike to break them in, soooo…I just took these bad boys on a spin with the vacuum and the mop, like a real mountain man. (at Bushwick, Brooklyn)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAd028blKXZ/?igshid=b6uufwcy6pa5