SCP Merchandising Closes Down

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Billboard:

SCP Merchandising, an Illinois-based merch company used by artists including Mitski, Father John Misty and Carly Rae Jepsen, has shut down, according to a member of SCP leadership still on-site after the company laid off its staff over the weekend. 

Based on accounts from multiple former SCP employees on LinkedIn, the company’s employees were abruptly laid off on Sunday evening (Dec. 17). The source tells Billboard that the company will most likely file for bankruptcy and that there is no process yet for clients to retrieve their merchandise, but that those with outstanding balances will not be able to do so until they pay those off with SCP or a potential bankruptcy trustee. They add that priority will be given to clients who have no balance due as well as those who are arranging for payment of unpaid bills.

New Interview With Jack Antonoff

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Jack Antonoff recently talked with Vulture:

There’s a song called “Tiny Moves,” which no one’s heard yet. The real story there is I started writing music when I was 14 or 15, and my younger sister was sick then. She died when I was 18, so all my formative experiences with writing music were writing about this massive, heavy, big loss and grief. Then, obviously, that grief grows and changes. It’s such a fertile place to write from, and I’d felt a little bit resigned, not in a comfortable way, just like, Okay, my place in life as a writer is to write about loss through the lens of age. And don’t get me wrong, there’s tons of that on this album. But I met my now-wife, and it feels like a lot of the mythology and armor that I wore — we all say, like, “I can’t get relationships right,” “I don’t do this,” “I’m bad at this.” And when you have a big shift like that, which was really meeting my person, it’s brilliant and amazing, but it’s also destabilizing ’cause you have to deal with all of the past, where you lived by this code that was bullshit. And within that, I found myself writing more conversationally, very deep and very intense. How do you have such a great loss and then also explore other parts of life? I wasn’t able to do that in the past, because I felt like it was not honoring my loss to write about anything else. So, this is the first album where I explore other things, and there’s presence to it that I haven’t had.

Rome Ramierz Departs Sublime

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Rome is leaving Sublime with Rome.

Briefly, in 2009, Wilson and Ramirez toured under the name Sublime but were sued by the Nowell family and eventually reached a legal settlement and license agreement with Nowell’s wife, Troy Dendekker, to tour under the moniker Sublime with Rome.

While Wilson and Ramirez were touring and performing, Jakob was developing his own musical talents, forming the Long Beach band LAW in 2013. Earlier this year, Jakob and his mother agreed with Wilson and Gaugh to relaunch Sublime with Jakob at the helm under the management of Kevin Zinger and Joe Escalante.

What this development means for Rome Ramirez is not totally clear. In a statement, the singer announced that “after almost two remarkable decades, I am announcing my departure from Sublime with Rome at the close of 2024. The upcoming performances over the next year will allow us to reflect on countless incredible memories together!”

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Sponsor: Sleepingbagzzz Release New Song “Unsubscribed”

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Sleepingbagzzz has released the new pop-punk song “Unsubscribed.” Talking about the song, and meaning behind it, the artist shared:

After witnessing a non-stop cycle of abuse, I decided to cut off a long-term friendship. Surprisingly, the most emotionally challenging moment was when I picked up my phone, went straight to his social media profiles and systemically unfollowed, unfriended, and unsubscribed from each one.

“Unsubscribed” is a song that scares me to release. Every time I show it to someone, I’m self-conscious that they will think I’m vapid for the integral role that social media apparently plays in my life. I’m uncomfortable to share such a real, vulnerable moment with an important relationship that went as poorly as it could have. I’m scared that he’ll hear it and what his reaction will be.

But ultimately, “Unsubscribed” says exactly how I feel: I’m sick of this non-stop cycle of abuse that hurts not only me, but the people in my orbit, so I’m going to put an end to it.

Like what you hear? You can follow the band on online, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Interview: Chris Dudley of Underoath

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Recently I was able to catch up with composer/Underoath keyboardist, Chris Dudley, to discuss his recent scores for films like the Screambox exclusive, Night of the Missing, that is currently available for streaming. In this interview, I asked Chris about some of his favorite scores of all time, his process for making his scores for films he’s assigned to, how music can feel different when listening to it in different environments, and he also offered up some news about Underoath’s new album progress.

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