Fourth Strike Apr-May-June Roundup!
Hi everyone! We're back with the latest monthly roundup from your favorite queer music collective 🌈 Read on for new music, album AMAs, t4t art shows, and more!
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Our askbox is OPEN for questions about EXPANSION, the Garages' upcoming album covering Blaseball's Expansion Era! We'll be answering as many as we can over the course of the day. Send us your burning questions/wonderings/just pop in to say hi!
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2. Gabi ( @girlballz) has a new single out on bandcamp and streaming! Check out "how can i be gay when i am just a passionate ally?" at the links below:
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3. Gabi's also a member of the Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble, who had their spring showcase early last month! The performance recording is up now for you to watch back:
Join us for Talent Show performances by our singers and a Silent Auction to help raise funds for our Spring season. Donate to support our pr
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4. @dynamicentropy is taking commissions to help cover school applications fees! You can check out their art and rates over on their blog (linked below too for easy access). If you've got the money to spare, why not commission a cool young artist to draw your blorbos/original characters?
💬 3 🔁 19 ❤️ 13 · Hello hello, I am opening up commissions! Let me draw your blorbos!!!
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5. Pre-orders are open for Aran P. Ink's upcoming EP DEADNAMES, releasing July 4th! If you've heard any of Ceri's song jam tracks, you know her tell-tale slick production and breakneck pacing, both of which are audible on lead single "SCATTERBRAIN," available now for listening:
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6. @girltentacles has been working towards its senior composition recital for actual years--and it shows. You can support her by checking out the concert recording over on YouTube:
Come see Lara Bartel ‘25 (CCS Music Composition) present her senior recital, I Dreamt of us Last Night! Experience a blend of original elect
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7. Nia did her first-ever event mix for FieldFX's shader livecoding jam at the end of last month! In her words, "It's 20 tracks I like at 174 BPM, mostly drum 'n' bass but with a few other genres thrown in — hopefully people will enjoy it!" You can take a listen on MixCloud, or over on Nia's blog:
Mixcloud
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What's that? You want to download it in FLAC? Well, they've got that up for you too!
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8. Resni's surreal RPG Mythic Mire is out now on Steam! Play as Faeya as you work with the digital Pixies to traverse the dream-like Tower and find out what happened to your town...
A surreal RPG-adventure set in a world between dreams and nightmares. Explore strange environments with your trusty digital Pixie companions
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9. Bagel's been a developer on Cloutchase, a "social media parody personification visual novel based on the real time events that were/are happening to the management of these sites. And it is incredibly lgbtqia+ and 100% Transgendah!!" Itch and socials below:
COME AND MEET THE WEBSITES YOU KNOW AND LOVE (OR HATE!) :-)
A series of VODs of our live read of CLOUTCHASE!
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10. June September will have a piece in The Factory's upcoming T4T art show on June 12th! If you're in the area, definitely go check it out; there's going to be tons of cool local artists showcasing work!
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11. Sunny's band, Care, will be performing at the Utah Pride Festival in SLC this weekend! They go on at 4:30 on Saturday. Also, CupcakKe's headlining. Full lineup below!
The Utah Pride Festival and Pride Parade hosted by the Utah Pride Center is held the in early June at Library Square in Salt Lake City. All
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That's all for this month! See you in July, and don't forget to send in your Expansion questions 🪙🎸
