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Watch full music video in bio 🔗 See how it ends!

Derek Shaw – Director / Editor / Janitor
@_daniel_owens_ - Add’l Direction / Employee / Handyman
@samantha.tannenbaum – Personal Assistant
@kendrabeech – Secretary
@craig_calico – Freckles
Adam Mitchell – Security Guard
Jim Oberle – Boss

Filmed in Oakland, CA:
@__jeremy.miller__ – Videographer / DoP / Add’l Direction
@o_millerrrr – Grip / Production Assistant

Music Credits:
Derek Shaw – Vocals, Lyrics
Daniel Owens – Guitar, Bass, Piano
@davlipps – Drums, Engineering, Mixing

Recorded @earthtonesaudio
Forestville, CA (April 2025) by @stepchildren_

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Exit Interview is about lay offs, breakups & tough transitions (stream in bio) 🔗 We’re big fans of Severance, and we channeled the dystopian vibes in the music video.

Dedicated to the memory of @czar.kandinsky who exited too soon. Cesar was a Tijuana tattoo artist who wore a perpetual smile. He always found the good in people and made the best of bad situations. His mom, @maritzaisabel__art , contributed this amazing artwork for the 7” vinyl. She’s equally talented and lovely as her son, and they’ll forever be part of our family. 🖤

Music Credits:
Derek Shaw – Vocals, Lyrics
@_daniel_owens_ – Guitar, Bass, Piano
@davlipps – Drums, Engineering, Mixing @earthtonesaudio by @stepchildren_

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Watch full music video on YouTube (link in bio) 🔽
Exit Interview is our NEW 7” single—now streaming + vinyl!

Derek Shaw – Director / Editor / Janitor
@_daniel_owens_ - Add’l Direction / Employee / Handyman
@samantha.tannenbaum – Personal Assistant
@kendrabeech – Secretary
@craig_calico – Freckles
Adam Mitchell – Security Guard
Jim Oberle – Boss

Filmed in Oakland, CA:
@__jeremy.miller__ – Videographer / DoP / Add’l Direction
@o_millerrrr – Grip / Production Assistant

Music Credits:
Derek Shaw – Vocals, Lyrics
@_daniel_owens_ – Guitar, Bass, Piano
@davlipps – Drums, Engineering, Mixing

Recorded at @earthtonesaudio
Forestville, CA (April 2025 by @stepchildren_

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Watch full music video on YouTube—link in bio. 🔗 Exit Interview is our NEW single, and it’s dedicated to anyone going through it. Nobody deserves to get laid off, but you can’t take it lying down.

Derek Shaw – Director / Editor / Janitor
@_daniel_owens_ - Add’l Direction / Employee / Handyman
@samantha.tannenbaum – Personal Assistant
@kendrabeech – Secretary
@craig_calico – Freckles
Adam Mitchell – Security Guard
Jim Oberle – Boss

Filmed in Oakland, CA:
@__jeremy.miller__ – Videographer / DoP / Add’l Direction
@o_millerrrr – Grip / Production Assistant

Music Credits:
Derek Shaw – Vocals, Lyrics
@_daniel_owens_ – Guitar, Bass, Piano
@davlipps – Drums, Engineering, Mixing

Recorded at @earthtonesaudio
Forestville, CA (April 2025) by @stepchildren_

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I remember saving up my babysitting money to go shop at @mtheoryrecords as a young teen and so I’m over the moon and sentimental about having Poor Thing’s debut album on the shelves there alongside @stepchildren_ ‘s full LP and 7”. If you’re in mission hills, stop in and flip through the local music section… we have so many great artists in our town!

Thank you @mtheoryrecords for having us! by @stepchildren_

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The @keithsweaty PCH remixxxx is your summer anthem. Guaranteed to make any drive more fun! 😎

Featuring harmonies by @poorthing.band
Instrumentation by @_daniel_owens_ & @keithsweaty
Drums & engineering by @davlipps
Filmed & directed by @glennnharris

#summerjam #musicvideo #summeroflove #summer by @stepchildren_

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If you’re in South Park, stop by @wearevinyljunkies to find @poorthing.band and @stepchildren_ records on sale!! We didn’t print very many, so if you want one don’t wait… they’re goin like hotcakes!

Can’t say I’ve ever been on a date like this before 🖤 by @stepchildren_

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!!!!!OUT NOW!!!!!
👄👄Talk”👄👄

👄Song streaming everywhere!
👄Watch the whole music video on YouTube for full screen
👄links in bio

We set out to make a movie in a month…but had no more money to spend. It took a bunch of people who were willing to let me stuff flowers in their mouths and a lot of thrifty work-arounds, but we did it!

Thank you to everyone who helped, to the band and to @stepchildren_ , for all the sketchy situations you put yourself in to get the right shot… for your eye and attention to detail and countless hours of tinkering… I Love you.

Can’t wait to play this song, along with all the others off of our freshman record at @casbahsandiego with @please_askforpaul and @thedimesofficial in 3 weeks!!! 4/24, mark your calendars!

🖤Jenna

Song Credits:
drums: @tom.peart
Bass: @iamtheeggman_100
Guitar: @andrewarmerding
Songwriting, Guitar and Vocals: @jenna_lee_poorthing
Back up vocals: @buffalobisonbuffalo
Engineered and Mixed: @lomo5150
Mastering: @mrmaster3000

Video credits:
Directing/editing: me! @jenna_lee_poorthing
Co-creative director + filming and Editing @stepchildren_
Creative consultation: @kayleedaughertymusic
⭐️ @iamtheeggman_100 @tom.peart @andrewarmerding @jenna_lee_poorthing @stepchildren_ @buffalobisonbuffalo

#sandiegomusic #sandiegmusicscene #indierock #localbands by @stepchildren_

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Listen to the PCH remix by @keithsweaty — link in bio🔥

All roads run thru Sin City, featuring artwork by @futuristiclieutenant from Vegas. This self-reflective acrylic monster is befitting of the lyrics and among my favorite paintings. I was introduced to TG Miller by @princeofthehighway, another 702 alum and the only man to make me weep at a poetry reading.

Keith & his brother @jxn.nthn moved to SD in the early 2000s from Henderson by way of Redlands. They transformed the scene with Vision of Dying World, their freaky folky outfit that made me wanna go country, and in turn, Vision became increasingly electric and experimental, feeding off the energy of @the.sess & @scarletsymphony.

Jackson started a label with Craig Barclift, Single Screen Records, and they released a barrage of timeless records that still hold up with @marenparusel, Paddle Boat & Cuckoo Chaos among my highlights. Jackson is a brilliant songwriter and a killer vinyl DJ. Catch him anywhere from Fremont to the strip.

Keith is an insanely creative guitarist but wrist issues forced him into early semi-retirement. By the time we met in 2005, he was already making the wildest beats. Before he became @keithsweaty, he was Jamuel Saxon, a glitchy electronic project that was hilariously ahead of its time. Watching @dariustwin produce Keith’s first music video was a trip…Darren was just learning the craft of light painting, a technique for which he’s now world-renowned.

I’m legit obsessed with this remix. Keith told me he was feeling “early 2000s Rapture” and I knew it was gonna be a banger! Love how he reimagined the funky guitar work of @_daniel_owens_, harmonies by @jenna_lee_poorthing , and the drumming of @davlipps, who engineered the recording at @earthtonesaudio.

Times like these make me miss my friends. Just wanna say I love you to everyone, everywhere. I’m honored to still collab with talented homies who are also incredibly humble.

To those toughing out another brutal winter, I hope this remix warms you up. Get that ass moving, and if the roads aren’t icy, go take a drive and blast this bitch. 😎

#remix #electronic by @stepchildren_

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8 months ago

New PCH remix by @keithsweaty 🔥 Link in bio

Featuring ⭐ @jenna_lee_poorthing

Directed + filmed 🎬 @glennnharris

Add’l. 📹 + cameo @ericsoboleski

Makeup 💄 @valkayemuah

PCH was recorded @earthtonesaudio 🎧

Engineer - Mixer - Drums @davlipps 🎙️

Guitar - Bass - Piano @_daniel_owens_

Harmonies 🎵 @poorthing.band

Editor + Creative Director 🫠 Derek Shaw

Remix artwork 🎨 @futuristiclieutenant

#remix #electronic #banger by @stepchildren_

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Watch full music video on YouTube— link in bio!

Co-starring ⭐ @jenna_lee_poorthing

Co-director - DoP- Editor 🎬 @glennnharris

Add’l. 📹 + Cameo @ericsoboleski

Makeup 💄 @valkayemuah

PCH was recorded @earthtonesaudio 🎧

Engineering - Mix - Drums @davlipps 🎙️

Guitar - Bass - Piano @_daniel_owens_

Harmonies 🎵 @poorthing.band

Creative / Co-Director 🫠 Derek Shaw

#musicvideo #losangeles #sandiego #love by @stepchildren_

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PCH is out now! Watch the full music video on YouTube — link in bio 🔗

⭐ @jenna_lee_poorthing

🎬 📹 @glennnharris

📹 🎭 @ericsoboleski

💄 @valkayemuah

Creative Director 🫠 Derek Shaw

🎧 PCH was recorded @earthtonesaudio

🎙️ Engineering & drums @davlipps

🎹 Instrumentation @_daniel_owens_

🎵 Harmonies @poorthing.band

#musicvideo #california #losangeles #car by @stepchildren_

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