here’s the scoop yall. there are a series of @theclearwaterswimmers shows happening in may to celebrate our recent ep…
ON A REAL ASS NOTE: julie and i are moving to maine **just for the summer** to do some caretaking. i am going to miss the fuck out of new york and my people here and truth be told i ain’t gonna see a lot of yous for a few months - so if you wanna pull up to 101 on 5/20, i’d be elated to see you.
aside from the big heavy’s, im excited for these shows. i love this damn ass band and we’re gonna have a grand time. see you out there 🤑
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5/20 at @night_club_101 w/ @claireozmun & @kitba.music (late show)
5/21 at @theapohadion w/ @emilllyirving & @helloshark
5/28 at @lilypadinman w/ @jonnytex_ (album release!)
@maxieboy13 on flyers for NY & Portland 😻
hey all
My mother, Sarah Atwood Stiles - Sas, for short - was diagnosed with what is an estimated Stage 2, “triple negative” breast cancer this past week. As one would expect, the last bout of days have been jarring and full of newfound vocabulary, adjustments, and big, scary questions. This week has also been full of silver linings: they caught it early, the frontiers of cancer research are incredible, and my mother is surrounded by no small army of people who love and adore her, and has an invincible spirit to boot.
To cut to the chase - there is one piece of equipment we are missing on this excursion up and over the mountain: money. we need some help. We learned today that we are essentially looking at 5 months of no-nonsense chemo, 1 year of immunotherapy, and surgeries to remove the bastard. While the insurance she gets through her work will help cover some of these costs, it will be far from enough. A financial burden like this is the second-to-last thing she needed right now (first being the diagnosis itself). She just purchased her very own home in Damariscotta, one hour from her treatment center in Westbrook, and has been on the ball about making an exceptionally tight income work.
My mom has spent the last 20 years as a single mother, pouring every ounce of spare energy that she had after and before work to provide for myself, my sister Hayley, and the world’s happiest cats and dogs. Hayley and I are fortunate enough in our own endeavors to afford to take care of some stressors in mom’s world - wifi bills, groceries, car repairs, things like that - but this is not a moment that either of us are equipped for. While we will continue to help our mother out, and will dial that shit up to 11 in these next few months, we’re calling upon all of the stars in mom’s sky to help in some way.
there’s a gofundme link in my bio that will help mom with groceries, her new mortgage, gas, medical bills, house bills, anything that has the potential to be a stressor for her. consider donating, consider sharing, and if you left a note of love here she will see it. she always checks my instagram. :)
❤️
there’s a collection of songs out on friday from my band @theclearwaterswimmers :: it’s called ‘seasons’. it was originally named after that little red wagon in the back there but we had to change it.
we wrote these songs together - i wouldnt say anything too on the nose about Meaning but i was definitely thinking of this little one when i was writing my parts and words. i like to think about the idea of saying “all will be gravy, twin” to each other.
few things in life are better than playing music with your best friends and i am so lucky i get to keep doing that here. we’re already working on the next batch, but it would mean a lot if you checked it out.
seek the bio for your answers - peace joy and love to you.
our deli man calls her hollywood. our friends call her the queen of italy… across the world she is known in different cultures as many things - but most just call her julie. it’s her birthday and she is the reason i get to say “I am doing great.” she does this for so many and it is my greatest joy to love her.
happy damn ass birthday to my whole heart. i need yall to drop your bday wishes in the comments section right now before i freak out
crazy levels of information sharing about to be going down on this page. pull out the moleskin…. @realburnnyc is releasing our second album “companion” tomorrow - i play bass and sing some back up stuff on this and also some omnichord and a rhodes i think? i love these songs and have a really fun time playing them and we’ve got a release show happening saturday in bushwick, check the ig page for details on that…
doing some shows with the swimmers too next weekend in brooklyn, boston & providence…
everything else here are just things im choosing to memorialize thus far this summer. this shit is feeling Abundant and I Love You
charlie made the clip in slide 2 btw
julie made the show flyers except providence that’s from older brother
had an awesome vacation… humbled and grateful by the richness of life and privileged to have these experiences. feeling very inspired to write more indie music
