In anticipation of the October 25th release of Mope Grooves’, ‘Box Of Dark Roses’, we present a very important song off the record, “Aileen”
Stevie provided the following statement about the song in her liner notes for the record;
“…We also pay tribute to Aileen Wuornos in this record, not to further disturb her rest with another lurid exploitation of her story, but to confirm that it should come as no surprise that she had to defend herself with lethal force seven times over the course of a year while turning tricks off a rural highway in florida. She was a human being who deserved love and safety. What’s more, we recognize her as an unorganized militant in a millenia- long struggle against patriarchy.”
Another excerpt from Stevie’s liner notes reminds us of “the record’s material commitment” to people in situations similar to Aileen’s;
“…all the money that would otherwise be apportioned to the band or me for this record will go to gender marginalized survivors incarcerated as punishment for defending themselves, either directly to their fundraisers/commissary funds or thru the Survived and Punished NY mutual aid fund, which distributes to survivors’ commissary funds and visitation funds. Everyone involved in releasing the record will make receipts publicly available. This is the record’s material commitment to eroding the system it describes. It is not charity, because we recognize that as survivors and trans people our fate is tied to our incarcerated comrades, and the future of our struggle is decided by those that fight to
survive.”
The full, 27 song album, ‘Box Of Dark Roses’, will be available to stream and download on October 25th. Vinyl to follow shortly after.