Next Friday, May 15th, we’re celebrating Passages at @studiotwothree with live music from @nabnabnabeel , @strawberrymoon666 , @zhtml.orggg , and Robert Donne (@dennisellsworthcoles ). Sacred Heart Center will be joining us to share information about how to protect our neighbors. We’ll have a DJ throughout the night, featuring tracks from the (newly restocked!) record.
Doors open at 7; music starts at 7:30. Door is $10-$20—all proceeds support migrant justice orgs: @sacredheartcenter_rva , @americangateways , and @casamarianella .
Come snag a record, listen to these incredible bands, and connect to local action.
At the Passages Listening Party on January 8th @publicrecordsnyc , New Yorkers donated over $2,000(!!!) to three organizations working in solidarity with immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers: @americangateways , @casamarianella , and @iceoutofny . 🤍❤️🩶
Many thanks to @rexfilmsny for pulling together this piece featuring our incredible DJ @cimiotti.recordings , our amazing @iceoutofny speaker Katixa, and the one and only @tambornyc .
More listening parties—aimed at connecting @passagesrecord with local efforts to defend our neighbors—are coming soon.
Happy Bandcamp Friday! The platform is waiving all fees today, which means even more funds go to @americangateways and @casamarianella ’s incredible work in solidarity with immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Link in bio.
And, we have news: We sold out of LPs, and our second pressing just shipped! You can still buy the digital album today, and we’ll post ASAP about opportunities to purchase the physical record very soon.
To celebrate, we’re sharing these photos from @passagesrecord artists of the place they wrote/recorded their songs.
Thanks for the continued support and all you’re doing for migrant justice, y’all. Let’s keep going!
PASSAGES is out in the world! We asked artists to share a photo of the place they wrote and recorded their song—here’s @stpanther ’s.
Artists donated all work and labor and fundraised production costs separately to ensure ALL PROCEEDS support @casamarianella and @americangateways ’ essential work in solidarity with immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Donate/order via the link in our bio.
PASSAGES is out in the world! We asked artists to share a photo of the place they wrote and recorded their song—here’s @ylabamba ’s.
Artists donated all work and labor and fundraised production costs separately to ensure ALL PROCEEDS support @casamarianella and @americangateways ’ essential work in solidarity with immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Donate/order via the link in our bio.
@passagesrecord is out today! Proceeds go to @americangateways and @casamarianella
If you can, please help our friends, loved ones and neighbors who are immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. 🔗 ⬆️
PASSAGES is out in the world today. Artists donated all work and labor and fundraised production costs separately to ensure ALL RECORD PROCEEDS support American Gateways and Casa Marianella’s essential work in solidarity with immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. The link to donate in exchange for this beautiful record is in our bio.
Human rights advocates and attorneys founded American Gateways and Casa Marianella in the mid-eighties to support refugees from Central America fleeing war and conflict fueled in part by U.S. interests, arms, military, and taxpayer dollars.
The record insert features this photo from Greg Constantine’s series Seven Doors documenting immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers’ experiences navigating the cruelty of the U.S. detention system. “When I turned myself in at the border I told them I was pregnant. The people at immigration claimed that everything I told them was a lie. I told them about my brother being killed and I was afraid for my life because I was being threatened,” says the 22-year-old from El Salvador, pictured here anonymously to protect her identity. “They started laughing at me and said that everyone comes to them with the same story. I started feeling sick and I told them that I needed help, and they did nothing…The next day I was transported to Otay Mesa Detention Center and they didn’t provide me any medical assistance. Nine days later, they told me that I had just lost my baby.”
PASSAGES artists are welcoming us into their homes to celebrate our human right to seek out that same comfort and safety for ourselves and our families. The songs are also an invitation to reject the racism, fear, and false narratives peddled by a system that stands to profit on division. These songs are dedicated to the staff at American Gateways, Casa Marianella, and all of the organizations in every city and town in this country—to all of you—laboring on behalf of human dignity and defending our collective human right to safe passage and home.
Thank you. Let’s keep going. ⚡️🩵
Lambchop’s heartbreaking lament “Afterburner” is out now. “Wish that it were anywhere near enough to make the slightest dent in what needs to occur,” Kurt shares. “Consequently, we do what we can, through intent, understanding, action, love.”
PASSAGES is out Friday! Artists donated all work and labor and fundraised production costs separately to ensure ALL RECORD PROCEEDS support @americangateways and @casamarianella ’s essential work providing no-to-low cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other essential services for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Order/donation link in bio.
In advance of the PASSAGES release this Friday, Y La Bamba’s gorgeous “Wrong Crowd” is out today!
“This song was written for and about many reasons. It’s about finding yourself through struggle. So many things come up like being misplaced, misunderstood, being vulnerable, grieving, compassion... I can go on,” Luz of Y La Bamba shares. “I feel a deep despair but I’m always trying to find a way to create visibility for my family and my communities. We don’t talk about how much we need to nurture our mental health as we are trying to keep things together for others and ourselves. Thank you for having me to be part of this project. I hope this message lands well.”
Artists donated all work and labor and fundraised all production costs separately to ensure ALL PASSAGES PROCEEDS support @americangateways and @casamarianella ’s essential work providing no-to-low cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other critical services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers!
Order/donation link in bio.
The deluxe edition is ready to ship! The booklet features writing from National Book Award Winner Jason De León (@roberto_horry ), poetry from National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Ross Gay, photography from Greg Constantine’s (@grconstantine ) essential work documenting immigrants’ experiences navigating U.S. detention, and all song lyrics.
The incredible Mark Strandquist (@mark_aloysious ) designed and printed the booklet at @studiotwothree .
All proceeds from the $50 deluxe edition of the record support American Gateways (@americangateways ) and Casa Marianella’s (@casamarianella ) ability to provide no-to-low cost legal services, food, shelter, access to heath care, and other essential services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Link in bio.
Our third single, @timheidecker ’s “Alone Until I’m Home” is out today! It’s a tender, clear-eyed ballad about the loneliness of journeys and the spaces they open up inside us for longing and belonging.
All @passagesrecord proceeds support @americangateways and @casamarianella , two Texas-based organizations providing no-to-low-cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other essential services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Pre-order the record now via Bandcamp. Link in bio.
📷: Andrew Levy
