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Filthy Animals Music 🚀
Rapswell, Bobby Noble, & SQ

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Front page of @bandcamp today

Big thanks to @phillipmlynar for the excellent article

New album on Nov 27

PEN-PALS.BANDCAMP.COM by @penpalsnyc

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2 years ago

New album out November 27 🧙🏼‍♂️🧌🦉

Check the song Vulcan Nerve Pinch on Bandcamp now

A long time in the making, this is a collaboration between PENPALS and the one and only Dezmatic. The album’s creation originates around pandemic times, while eating many clementines during quarantine. Mutual appreciation of various rhyme styles led to the project you hear before you, and it’s a special one. For fans of Tolkien, toadstools, and Pretty Toney - these are the Shitty Wizards.

Nobody, and we mean NOBODY raps like Dez. A cross between DOOM and Rodney Dangerfield, the man is the master of the clever quip designed to make you chuckle and grimace alike at the absurdities of life. Swell & Bobby are also at the top of their game here, fueled by the creative magic that happens during some healthy competition. In the words of Dez, they’re some Pulitzer-level puzzle makers, effortlessly drenched in style. For those who listen closely, no one is really touching them.

The album’s also just fun as hell. The drums knock, the punchlines hit, and there’s Adventure Time references galore. The record is both an acknowledgment of the collective abilities between the three writers and a display of their shared interests around word games, pizza parties, and Coen Brothers flicks. Plus watching a bunch of movies Sinbad has never been in.

The beatmaking sage SQ whips up a potent brew of bops as per usual, combining a collection of inventive sounds with gems excavated from archaic tapes. An assortment of talented rappers join the fray throughout the quest, adding their fellow expertise to the party. This is a world of warlocks, witchcraft, and weekend warriors. Serious spells being cast here.

Artwork by @rhymepuma by @penpalsnyc

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GERTRUDE

Shitty Wizards w @danmatic out now on Bandcamp

Beats by @sq_makes_beats

Appearances from:
@timlaska_atoms
@kcromey
@elsphinx
@oldmoseypants

Cuts by @dj_steve_bills

Artwork by @rhymepuma

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Today is the 4-year anniversary of The Curse of Frankie Cabana 🚤🐉

We’re celebrating by making the project pay what you want on Bandcamp and including some bonus remixes by none other than @mrdonblake

Stay cool! by @penpalsnyc

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10 days ago

WE OUTCHEA 🌐

Records are looking amazing!!

Cop one now on the Bandcamp or come thru to the show in Philly on June 9th @nikkilopezphilly by @penpalsnyc

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Philly! Rapswell & SQ will be performing in your city on June 9 at @nikkilopezphilly alongside such superb acts as @smallpro @yikesthezero n @ialive

See ya there! by @penpalsnyc

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2 months ago

MoeSQ is out Friday!

A special tape only available on the PENPALS Bandcamp

PEN-PALS.BANDCAMP.COM by @penpalsnyc

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3 months ago

MoeSQ drops on Friday!

10 tracks of pure gasoline from the brothers from the same mother ⛽️

Check the track Mangoes on the PENPALS Bandcamp now 🥭🥭🥭 by @penpalsnyc

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MoeSQ is a collaborative beat tape from producers Moe Sample and SQ

Check it on our Bandcamp now!

Both have well over 10 years of beat making under their belts, and catalogs of their own. It also bears mentioning that they are brothers - so it’s almost surprising that a project like this did not come about sooner.

The idea to collaborate on beats came up on a July 2025 visit to Moe’s house in Richmond, VA. The two went digging as they always do, and came back with a stack of records and tapes. A short session turned out a handful of beats that sounded a little different from what either of them would have made on their own. The goal on that day was not necessarily to make a full fledged project, but just to see what might happen. The two collaborated further in the remaining days of that visit, and remotely afterwards. Samples and partially formed ideas were passed between them and built upon over time. What you hear on MoeSQ is more than just a combination of each producer’s respective sound, it is something new altogether. by @penpalsnyc

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3 months ago

MAX POETICS is out now 🚀

Streaming everywhere w special preference for Bandcamp, where you can pick up a limited edition vinyl piece, only 100 copies pressed up so grab one while you can!

Shoutout to all the artists involved in making this album, there was definitely an effort to include all of the illest people in our universe and everyone brought their A game. Mega large Donkey Kong Country size props to the following for lending their talents to the project:

@cobratoof
@lordkwaj
@searchableandrew
@snafujunksci
@larsviola
@dj_steve_bills
@oldmoseypants
@danmatic
@doodcomputer
@_nahreally_
@pinnland_empire

Thank you to Darko and @udontdeservethisbeautifulart for helping to release the record

Now press PLAY on that thing! by @penpalsnyc

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4 months ago

TONIGHT!

MAX POETICS Bandcamp Listening Party @ 7 pm EST. Join Rapswell & SQ to hear their new album first before it’s released this Friday. Exclusive discount code for anyone who comes to the party. See ya there!

uddtba.bandcamp.com/merch/max-poetics-listening-party by @penpalsnyc

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4 months ago

PARTY TIME APRIL 11 🪩

Come thru to celebrate the release of MAX POETICS

Swell & Schwabby on the decks, tell your Grandpaw by @penpalsnyc

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