On the internet, life moves pretty fast.
About four hours after shoegaze band Whirr tweeted transphobic comments towards trans-feminist punk band G.L.O.S.S., Boston’s Run For Cover Records promptly dropped the group and disassociated itself from them. Run For Cover had released two split 7-inches and an EP from Whirr, but stated last night they won’t ever work again with the Bay Area rock band.
“We as individuals and as a label are accepting of all people and require the same from the bands and people we work with,” Run For Cover tweeted last night.
The label’s statement came hours after Whirr began tweeting at G.L.O.S.S., an Olympia band of trans, queer, and femme musicians, who, as Noisey put it, “released one of the most important demos of the last few years a few months ago — five brutal and forceful transgender anthems.”
Among the tweets Whirr sent out last night included a photo of Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs — you know the scene we’re talking about — and lines like this: “misogyny is hating women. g.l.o.s.s. Is just a bunch of boys running around in panties making shitty music.”
Other bands, like Waxahatchee, Chumped, and Crying, jumped to G.L.O.S.S.’ defense on Twitter, and the band’s singer, Sadie Switchblade, created a Twitter account to fire back. Noisey has a recap of all the back and forth.
But it didn’t take long for Run For Cover, which has released music by Tigers Jaw, Basement, Makthaverskan, and others, to step in.
We as individuals and as a label are accepting of all people and require the same from the bands and people we work with…
— Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015
We will not be working with Whirr from this point on and do not support that behavior in anyway. We will post a full statement tomorrow.
— Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015
G.L.O.S.S. is awesome and crucially important and we need more bands like them.
— Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015
We’ll post their full statement when it comes in, as well as any word from Graveface Records, which released Whirr’s most recent album. In the meantime, here’s that G.L.O.S.S. demo…