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vc show TONIGHT (monday 4/27) at @29thstreetballroom for the @goodlooksband residency 🧯 @other_vessels is also playing and @harrysometimes is djing. it is F R E E ❗️music at 8, we play at 8:45 :)))

also, happy two-year anniversary to the recording of GYBAGS 🤠 finally checked out the lbj library this weekend to celebrate since we spent that week listening to audio recordings of the president asking tailors to increase the crotch of his pants. life comes at you fast!

pics from the girl, you’ll be a giant soon release show by @dappattack
flyer by @catbarreraart

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our album, “GIRL, YOU’LL BE A GIANT SOON” IS OUT NOW 🔓

10 songs about loss and resentment and sports, among other things. (except apparently not on apple music or youtube yet :/ ).

thank you to @sprotsplayer for engineering, producing, & mixing, to @tommydread & @alexaloneworld for providing their recording spaces & additional prowess, & to @adamgonsalves at telegraph mastering for putting the final touches on everything. thanks also to @filmnfish & @y.a.l.l.b.o.i for recording on several tracks. swipe for the full credits.

huge thank you also to @darling_farm for the album art & to @candlepin_records for providing a home for the record. <3

we’re playing release shows tomorrow, saturday, 2/7, in san antonio at @thelonesomerose with @elnuh, @stontheband, & @lamplandband, and on sunday, 2/22, in austin at @29thstreetballroom with @proun1234, @a.l.west, & @ritual_alt.

sometimes it feels like the next time we post about something it will finally be into an atmosphere where there aren’t any number of mass atrocities happening in our country and the world, and i won’t feel like a self-righteous idiot trying to address them, but of course, they instead just grow worse and more abundant, and the sharing of anything else increasingly hollow. the internet is an echo chamber, but nonetheless, we are grateful for music & the communities we are a part of because of it, and the ways in which those communities provide respite, insight, catharsis, & support in the face of a cRuMbLiNg eMpiRe. free palestine, fuck ice, happy super bowl sunday.

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the virginia creeper ep “GOBLN7” is out now 🔓

have never been 100% on eps, but we recorded too many songs and now here we are. GOBLN7 is a slice of the music we’ve spent the last several years working on as a band, a product of experimenting together and inching closer to what inspires us the most.

thank you to @sprotsplayer for engineering, producing, & mixing this record. marshall is basically a band member at this point and one of the most brilliant people (and friends) to create with. 👯‍♂️

thank you to @tommydread & @alexaloneworld for providing their recording spaces & additional prowess, & thank you to @adamgonsalves at telegraph mastering for putting the final touches on everything.

huge thank you also to @luckyduckkie for letting us use one of their incredible drawings for the album art.

playing a show tonight at @hitwatx to celebrate with @pam3santiago, @pallas_wept, & @ritual_alt. doors at 8pm, music at 9pm. we will have cassettes! and maybe some other surprises …

thank you to everyone who has encouraged, supported, or been apart of this project since its inception. there is more music to share and much more to be made soon.

endlessly grateful for the capacity to make music & art & the communities we get to be a part of because of it, especially the ways in which those communities provide respite, insight, catharsis, & support as the world burns in myriad directions.

much thanks of course also to GOBLN7, wherever you are. (👹👺)

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All songs written, arranged, and produced by Virginia Creeper.

Genevieve Poist (guitar, vocals, lyrics)
Aaron Arguello (guitars, synthesizer, eagle)
Michelle Ayoubi (bass, assorted beeping)
Kyle Dugger (drums, auxiliary percussion, slime box, reamping the bathtub)
Zack Wiggs (pedal steel on “Runner’s High”)

Engineered, produced, and mixed by Marshall Pruitt.

Additional engineering by Alex Peterson & Tommy Read.

Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering in Portland, Oregon.

Recorded at Lazybones Audio in Silsbee, Texas, in April of 2024. Additional tracks recorded at Spilled Milk in Austin, Texas, in August & September of 2024.

Album art by Micayla Garza.

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lost & found has been out for a week. thank you for listening. we celebrate in chicago next week thursday april 10th at @emptybottle hope to see you there

band photos by either @acrememos or @lefty.parker the rest by me.

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thanks for listening to hardly for 7 days in a row i hope the fun never ends

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PEOPLE LOVE THE DALLAS COWBOYS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LOVE THEMSELVES is out now, available everywhere in the digital ether 🌫️🏈🏆

we recorded most of this album at @lazybonesaudio in 2021 but began writing these songs as far back as 2019. they are quite old now and in a sense archival, but they mark a special time for the virginia creeper band. 🪽

thank you to @realaaronzachary, @arguello.jpg, @david.arthur.stimson, and @stilldumbfounded for playing and writing these songs, @sprots_player for producing, engineering, and mixing, @tommydread and @lazybonesaudio for engineering and mastering (and playing the hammered dulcimer), @y.a.l.l.b.o.i for playing pedal steel, and many mentioned here + @alexthespeedlimit for singing background vocals.

special thanks also to @michelleayoubi & @kyle_dugger4 for playing these songs so many times and being a part of their formal culling and dispatching. :)

sorry if the album title offends anyone; it’s only meant to make you think. i did hear the cowboys won last night - haters will say it was rigged.

onward now to wrapping up the next record so we can begin the next, next one 👀 always stay closing my angles 👼📐 thank you for listening ~ long live sports rock 🏉

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album art by g :)
album title inspired by @jas.ikp
thematic childhood photos contributed by the honorable @joeltonmayfield

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as promised, we return today with a surprise: next friday (9/27) we will release a collection of old virginia creeper songs entitled, “People Love the Dallas Cowboys Because They Want to Love Themselves.” the record is streaming on bandcamp today for the real heads. :)

some of you may be mad because we don’t play these songs anymore; some of you may be mad because these aren’t the songs you’ve heard us play recently; still some of you may be mad for completely unrelated reasons. a select few of you are likely perfectly contented having achieved something close to “nirvana.”

there is a plethora of new vc music in the pipeline, so we figured it is time to begin emptying the disney vault, if you will. thank you all for listening. 🩶

photo of g by @ha_ch_ko

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“little like you” lyric video is out now.
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shot and edited by @ben.p.ward
squiggles by @cor.bleep.bloop
produced by @tommydread & @lomelda
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it’s all love now

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Este Viernes 23 de Agosto nos conectaremos con el cantante de Reggae argentino @turi_rastaman

Turi Rastaman forma su primera banda de Reggae "Una Nación" en el año 2000. Y luego de 3 años al frente de la agrupacion decide hacerse como solista.

Con temas como "Ando Tranquilo", "Estalla" feat con Miss Bolivia, "Tú le das Brillo" con el cantante El Juancho, le han hecho ganarse el reconocimiento del público de Reggae en español 💚💛❤️

"Salgo a ganarla" es su nuevo single que ya se encuentra disponible en todas las plataformas digitales 🎧

Así que no te pierdas de la entrevista con Turi Rastaman directo desde Argentina en esta nueva edición de Siempre Más Música.

Conéctate este Viernes por www.tnoradio.com de
5:00 a 6:00PM hora 🇻🇪
6:00 a 7:00PM 🇦🇷
11:00PM a 12:00AM 🇪🇸

Solo por @tnonetwork La Primera Radio Visual de 🇻🇪 y que la música no pare

#siempremásmúsica
#TNORadio
#podcast
#10Años
#radio
#entrevista
#TuriRastaman

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Out today! @frailtalk brought something new to this world just for you.
Frail Talk took their evolving sound to Lazybones Audio in Silsbee, Texas, where they teamed up with producers Hannah Read (Lomelda) and Tommy Read to record their sophomore album, Microspirit. Over seven days of intense collaboration, they crafted a new collection of songs that deepened their commitment to emotion and substance. Microspirit is out today on all platforms. @lomelda @ben.p.ward @frailtalk @nathanielrileymusic @tobiastronaut @alexwoodchek @tommydread @cor.bleep.bloop #focomusic #newmusicfriday #coloradomusic #indiemusic #newrelease

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Oh joyous day! Today, my friends and I birthed a fresh new audio baby named M•I•C•R•O•S•P•I•R•I•T
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I first started making music with Cor and Alex as Frail Talk in 2020 when we all had to alchemize our respective touring schedules into studio time due to the early pandemic pandemonium. 4 years later and I can say with great pride that these are some of my best friends
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This record is our sophomore release and it is so fulfilling to see how much we’ve grown as a band since New Creation Myths came out. @frailtalk has evolved infinitely
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I’m so very proud of the way these songs sound and grateful to all the hard work that everyone put into making this thing happen. It really sounds like us…not always the easiest thing to do in the studio✨
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Thank you @cor.bleep.bloop and @alexwoodchek for being the driving force behind the scenes; for being amazing songwriters, artists, creative visionaries, and just the kindest people who lead with your hearts. Thanks to @nathanielrileymusic for being a powerful force of positivity and an ever-enthusiastic collaborator who has bounced around from banjo to electric guitar and then bass (go check out the music he’s released under his own name). Thank you to @lomelda and @tommydread for treating these songs with exactly the right amount of care and attention all while helping us experience the joy of being in the studio together; for building an environment conducive to our creativity. Thank you to @ben.p.ward for capturing these moments and for having the best 👁️. Lastly, thank you to all of our friends, fans, and families for supporting us and following along for the ride! I love you ❤️! Enjoy Microspirit
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📷: Ben Ward pics 1, 6, & 10 (sorry for cropping them)

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