Label: 12XU – 12XU 157-1, Night School - LSSN093
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2024
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Post-Punk
The final album from stevie’s Mope Grooves, the seminal Portland collective. A 2 hour, 27 track masterpiece of touching, warped music that transcends genre into a realm of pure inspiration. All profits from this release will be donated to Survived and Punished charity. Through the fog of our grief in the wake of the earth-shattering loss of our beloved angel Stevie, on this day which would have been her 35th birthday, we announce the release of Mope Groove’s final album; Box of Dark Roses. A 27 song, 2XLP of songs that Stevie prepared for release before she left. In addition to the music, Stevie provided extensive liner notes to accompany the album. These are included with the album in the form of a zine, or as a digital PDF, respectively. "If i'm ever hard to get a hold of u can find my whole heart in here." -Stevie (from her liner notes) Rest in peace sweet angel. We love you forever. Stevie provided the following statement on the album before her departure: "all artist profits and digital proceeds will be redistributed in perpetuity to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, especially the many women and other gender marginalized ppl incarcerated for defending themselves against their attackers. funds will be allocated to the Survived and Punished NY Mutual Aid Fund, a comparable organization, or directly into commissary funds or fundraisers of incarcerated survivors "box of dark roses is a 27 song LP where the same images repeat and repeat until you might have some idea of what roses have to do with armed struggle, trans autonomy, losing your house (again), angels, women political prisoners, violence returned to sender, suicided poets, refusing to recant, insisting on life, & how the revenge of twenty billion screaming ghost women could unmake the worst of all possible worlds” (Mint / New - includes zine)
Tracklist
A1 Controlled Burn
A2 Aileen
A3 Pieces of God
A4 Forever Is A Long Time
A5 Do You Hear Music?
A6 Home Sick
B1 We Won
B2 Swail
B3 Here Comes The Moon
B4 Hallway Of Crucified Angels
B5 Fox Highway
B6 Remind Me Why
B7 Wind Follows Me Home
C1 Cap Hits The Button
C2 Si Fuese Violetas
C3 Wall Of Swords
C4 Switch Cars
C5 Continue & Intensify
C6 Les Anges Passent
C7 Here Comes The Rain
D1 Turning Fire
D2 Simple As That
D3 Life Is Good
D4 Dora
D5 Isn't It
D6 Tired All the Time
D7 Box Of Dark Roses
