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    Ashanti has moved on from the Grimalkin collective and we wish her the best. You can hear and support her music here:
    backxwash.bandcamp.com/album/

    We released this album on tapes and lathes and digitally on Bandcamp when this album was originally released. Grimalkin released 3 separate runs of tapes and lathes for this release.

    Due to her publishing and licensing her music elsewhere, we have removed the music but want to maintain and document the history of her music releases as an artist and as a past collective member of Grimalkin.
    We have disabled streaming and the tracks that are uploaded are of 2 minutes of silence on each track. We did this so the album page would appear to viewers as it originally had when it was released.

    1. Don't Come to the Woods - Produced & written by Backxwash
    2. Devil in a Moshpit - Produced by Flying Fisher, Written by Backxwash
    3. Foundation + Face Tattoos - Produced by Flying Fisher, Written by Backxwash
    4. Bad Juju - Produced by Flying Fisher, Written by Backxwash
    5. Deviancy - Produced by SurgeryHead, Written by Backxwash
    6. Dying Seems Like Fun - Produced by SurgeryHead + Backxwash
    7. You Like My Body the Way It Is - Produced & written by Backxwash
    8. Burn Me at the Stake - Produced & written by Backxwash

    Proceeds from digital only sales at this time per Backxwash will go to our artist and mutual aid collective fund. This fund helps us pay artists for things like playing shows, artwork, graphic design work, and other artistic needs like help with distributing their music, equipment or transportation to get to shows.

    They were previously going to Nationz Foundation and Project 10. We raised just over $1000 in total for those orgs in 2019!
    Nationz Foundation in Richmond, VA
    nationzfoundationrva.org/
    Project 10 in Montreal, Canada
    p10.qc.ca
    "Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25."
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  • Limited Edition Cassette 3rd Run
    Cassette + Digital Album

    PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL AROUND JANUARY 6, 2020.

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    Proceeds from cassette sales go to Project 10 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
    p10.qc.ca
    "Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25."

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Edition Lathe Cut Full Length 2nd Run
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    All proceeds from the sale of full length lathe cut go to fund future physical releases on the label.

    lathe cut records made by:
    groovyduderecords.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Edition Cassette 2nd Run
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    Proceeds from cassette sales go to Project 10 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
    p10.qc.ca
    "Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25."

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Edition Lathe Cut Full Length
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    All proceeds from the sale of full length lathe cut go to fund future physical releases on the label.

    lathe cut records made by:
    groovyduderecords.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    Proceeds from cassette sales go to Project 10 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
    p10.qc.ca
    "Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25."

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

  • Special Limited Edition 10" Full Length Lathe Cut
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    PLEASE BE AWARE THIS IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL AROUND JANUARY 6, 2020.

    Digital download of Deviancy included with purchase, as well as:

    *2 different Backxwash stickers

    *a Backwash pin

    *Handwritten thank you note

    *a couple surprise stickers & pins from Grimalkin Records

    All proceeds from the sale of full length lathe cut go to our artist and mutual aid fund.This fund helps us pay artists for things like playing shows, artwork, and other artistic type needs like help with distributing their music, equipment or transportation to get to shows.


    lathe cut records made by:
    groovyduderecords.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Deviancy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Sold Out

1.
V1 : Let’s get straight to the nitty gritty/ I’m pegasus in the mixy/ In case you ain’t aware how we getting busy/ Embarrassed by competitors I'm petty as ever/ I’m menacing in layers of leather in greatest of temperatures/ Ding dong the bitch is here/ I been summoned from a hundred and 50 years/ Gout a couple things to mummer since the witch is here/ Lil bitch don’t come to the woods/ Hook : Dont come to the woods x4 V2 :Came through medusa’s back, a look of that, gonna turn em to into runes and slabs/ Brutish plan? Revenge on stupid man/ Do it damn casket is suit for them// Bitch i been waiting for my whole damn life/ To reanimate like fascinate this swole ass time/ baphomet of this faggot shit and im back in this/ Confuse Nazareth,with the panickness/
2.
V1: straight out the closet/ I met the fucking devil in the moshpit/ Dancing and shoveling anyone who approaches/ I’m having a gamble with many thoughts in my conscious/ The timing is umple im hazy and feeling nauseous/ i’ve seen him before/ And the angels won’t come kick in the door/ So my safety is limited sure/ If I sneak out the back he will leave me alone/ This ain’t eve lucifer cause lucifer’s dope/ It’s a fuck shit fuckity dude that I know/ Im screaming fuck this this fuck this stupid I know./ Fuck this whole fucking stupid ass show V2 : I ain’t here to sell my soul, are ya here to take my soul?/ Why men always gotta destroy things, I stutter as I make my way up the toilet/ And the band that im listening is kind of distorted/ Trapped in this room no multiple choice shit/ I shoulda brought a carton to stack up on soylent/ All these boyish charms turn harmful with all this/ The boisterous hunt for the fragile and honest/ I they know this fuck and the bastards exploit this/ Triple sixes on the dance floor/ He knows this so he lingering to glance for/ An opening for the women to harass more/ Exploding like litten up a blast door/ I might gonna have to call an exorcist/ Just to show these motherfuckers that they won’t in/ If it backfires then i’ll make my way to the back/ There's a devil in a mosh and im stating the fact cmon
3.
V1: Never been a rich bitch always been a witch bitch/ Niggas with the digits, bout to get their shit lit/ Niggas got the millions we run up in their building/ Niggas catching feelings we running in theY business/ I’m fucking up a rich bitch, always been a witch bitch/ Bridge : WE RUNNING UP THE KITCHEN/ FUCKING UP THE SYSTEM/ lISTENING TO BITCH FITS/ MAMA WE GON GET THIS/ V1 : I told paris hilton her dress was dope She was holding on to some pearls so I let them go/ Kim kardashian with the fashion I met her so/ Then I ran her bag for some yeezes and take it home/ Is that too harsh but maybe so, rob from the rich/ Take your pic so you fed for long/ I’m fucking Karl Marx in this wig in the reddest coat/ Hand on my chest like breathe here’s the stethoscope/ Without saying rob a nigga give to sisters that need it/ Reach for riches expede em from evil in system/ Seizing the means of this shit for the weak and the feeble/ Pin or a needle we freeing the people? End chorus in other voice
4.
v1:Boy I will put the roots up on you, Don't wanna go too hard on you I promise/ My grandma told me I should loose up on you, Don’t make me wanna do it on ya I promise/ Most mischievous witch bitch that you ever seen/ All my enemies In the deep no neck and spline/ Fuck A referee Ending em with telepathy/ Fuck em let me be all men will be dead to me/ I know a bitch with some nails in his back/ impaled to the braili’ll mail him this rap/ Put a spell on a bitch and tell him on snap/ My ju ju so bad and I’m telling em that Chorus : It’s Bad Bad JuJu in the bitch/ You DONT WANNA SEE ME LOOSE in this bitch Bitch im/ Bad Bad Juju in this bitch/ You don’t wanna seen me rude up in this shit bitch it’s bad/ V2 : Boy I will put the shit right on you don’t make me wanna flick it on you, I’m Saying I’m More Viscous In Speech I talk Different/ I caught wind fo the beats they knock different/ Y’all dun let the trans in this bitch/ With The fags and the hags in demand in this shit/ And The drags with the panic attacks In the zip/ We randy as fuck Understand it’s the clique/ In the wake of the spirit witches and liches/ Homophobes keep wishing it couldn't get any different/ Sentences in the sermons are pushing for a repetenance/ My Middle fingers too hospitable it’s feigning on all these bitches
5.
V1 : My pastor asked me if pass this acting and transy rapping/ My style past these ashy larries and pansy catholics/ Smash the glasses of patriarchy and fuck all the missionaries of war/ Who pick the fights with the poor/ I see the sight of a scope/ With a clip inside of the pole/ I’m aiming at the any placements of jesus up in ya home/ Kicking inside the door/ These racists went out the way to say witches are in the wrong/ And our visions do need assistances// It’s ritualistic this ink has been on my skin and pigment/ Missionaries sicker inhibitions are evil wicked/ My people get it we’ve seen the picture and lived isn’t/ Our grim existence in equilibrium with evil spirits?/ Colonizers not hard to find in a hostile land/ prison with the prison food the contraband not lost to man/ I’m African I try to to do all I can and I know this damn/ live in inability when all lands been lost to man/ Revolution and execution lets set the mood/ 12 guns let em through, bourgeois dead and poof/ Sheeit its survival with every place that we taken to/ Throw them up let em shoot, Fist up let em through Hook : y’all need to throw up ya gunz/ Y’all need to load em and pump/ The battles over but I swear the war has only begun/ These niggas owe you enough/ You let the story be done?/ V2: I hate to tell you the cops wont save you/ They’ll harm and play you/ blacks will be smashed like grapefruit/ Blood is splashed like reygo/ Where the madness takes you, YOU IN HEAVEN AND GLADY’S WAKES YOU/ THE NIGHT IS SO SAD AND SPECIAL FOR DEVILS/ Hear the whistle and think you you standing right be the kettle/ You see the evil its waving so blatantly I dont get you/ Fuck your grievances or any opinion you wanna say too/ Cause where the fuck was you at we needed you
6.
7.
V1 : I had a dream that I would die and I would go to heaven/ I told jesus to I’ll be fine I’ll be not accepting/ He saw the evil in my eyes and I won’t forget it/ I’m either being hypnotized or narcoleptic/ If he made me in his image/ It's amazing how I hate seeing any of my face up in the mirror/ So clear, I can’ take how every waking day im here/ can the devil be a lie when the angels disappear/ With you im so beautiful so, you so true to your soul/ Have no use for my flaws, I’m so truly at calm/ I wake up and every day I feel like bliss/ I try to pen up all my feelings there’s a message in my kiss V2: can we wait a little minute/ Can I put a little lotion so my face a little clearer/ Apologize for the commotion or even taking it there/ I just hate how I look everyway that i could/ Maybe it’s my boobs they could be a little bigger/ Maybe it’s my cooch they could seam it little different/ I’m just saying if I could and the docs I understood/ I would sacrifice my soul for this life I never owned, But when im feeling so cold, you dont get me a coat/ Your touch gives me the warmth, you dont leave me alone/ I look at you and everyday i think of bliss/ I try to pen these feelings here’s a message in my kiss
8.
V1 : ever since I started rapping, I put a target on my back/ I just thought I should be smarter than I am / For every bullet that they shoot I’ll take it harder as I can/ I thought this shit was much harder THAN I PLANNED/ Fuck it If they want me they can come get me/ Got a tank is unleaded mixing that with a shank that’s blood shedded/ All my life I been black in the fist up/ Trans as I think of hitting the man in the hirror/1 So here I am burning on your cross/ I’m still standing here bitches once there energy is gone/ Check the letters in my palm, The message in my arm/ I’ll rather perish for I leave you with a chance I tell these motherfuckings yah/ V2 : I was born in a street of portholes and old roads/ Granny always thinks im a lost soul she don’t know/ Most my life this shit has been so so, picture me dolo/ Trapped my own soul in this snow globe/ Popo roaming round and asking like who is he/ The violence that the settles provided through you me/ Brutally, tier round the neck lit fumes can’t breathe/ Unusual screams beam from a place of no nuance/ And im my story i don’t make to home/ Just a remnant of the other lessons in a state of adolescent Middle finger to my elders i don’t pray anymore/ You can burn me to a crisp but I won’t rest till im gone/00

about

Bad Juju was featured on Earmilk with a nice write up:
earmilk.com/2019/05/31/the-slice-episode-31-urban-feature/

The music video for Don't Come to the Woods premiered on Bitchfork and you can view it here: www.bitchfork.ca/premiere-backxwash-dont-come-to-the-woods/

Lots of love to Trev Elkin at God Is in the TV for this kind review & for a score of 9 for her album: www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2019/07/11/backxwash-deviancy-grimalkin-records/

Read Spartan Jet-Plex's interview with Backxwash as they discuss music & do song-by-song analysis of Deviancy here: grimalkinrecords.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/interview-backxwash-interviewed-by-spartan-jet-plex/

Deviancy made Album of the Day on Bandcamp on release day! Her album also made Best Summer Albums of 2019 on Bandcamp as well! Thanks to Jes & Alex Smith at Bandcamp for making that happen. We appreciate the support:
daily.bandcamp.com/2019/07/12/backxwash-deviancy-review/
daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2019/the-best-albums-of-summer-2019

Special thanks to Adrian Bauer at Boston Hassle/Brain Arts for this kind review:
bostonhassle.com/backxwash-deviancy/

We also appreciate Gray Lee at Houdini Mansions for this kind review as well: houdinimansions.com/magnetic-heart/2019/7/14/backxwash-deviancy

Thanks to MEFD for this kind review: www.mesenceintesfontdefaut.com/2020/01/07/scene-locale-backxwash-deviancy/

Thanks to Travis at Counterzine for this album making their top albums of 2019:
counterzine.com/2020/01/03/shosas-top-40-albums-of-2019/

Thanks to Gray at Houdini Mansions for this album making their top album sof 2019: houdinimansions.com/features/2019/12/31/favorite-100-albums-of-2019

Thanks to Music Pills for this review: musicpillshorizonsinmusic.com/2019/08/05/boldness-as-a-declaration-against-prejudice-backxwash-and-her-third-record-deviancy/

credits

released July 12, 2019

All songs mixed by Will Bennett
www.willowenbennett.com

Mastered By Trillium Sounds
www.trilliumsound.com

Graphic Design & Cover Art by Chachi Revah
www.cargocollective.com/chachi

Flying Fisher
soundcloud.com/flying_fisher

SurgeryHead
www.lordsofthevideowasteland.com

Backxwash
backxwash.bandcamp.com
backxwash.lgbt

Backxwash sticker with her name & cloud background by Elizabeth Owens & Nancy Kells

Proceeds from digital only sales at this time per Backxwash will go to our artist and mutual aid collective fund. This fund helps us pay artists for things like playing shows, artwork, graphic design work, and other artistic needs like help with distributing their music, equipment or transportation to get to shows.

They were previously going to Nationz Foundation and Project 10. We raised just over $1000 in total for those orgs in 2019!
Nationz Foundation in Richmond, VA
nationzfoundationrva.org
Project 10 in Montreal, Canada
p10.qc.ca
"Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25."

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Mentoring and supporting queer and trans musicians, particularly BIPOC and disabled artists, using an artist-centered holistic approach to break down barriers, create new systems and structures of support, and expand the reach of marginalized voices.

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