Bay Area shoegazers Whirr just Tweeted themselves out of a label deal. Alternative Press reports that whoever controls the band's Twitter account spent the weekend heaping scorn upon the really great Olympia, Washington trans-feminist punk band G.L.O.S.S. (who released a truly powerful demo earlier this year). Before long, they moved onto talking shit about trans people in general, using the sort of shitty, bullying invective that's so common among anti-social justice online warriors. Here's what they had to say:
Graveface supports positive action and equality. We have zero interest in working w/ hateful people. Donate here: https://t.co/IP8KBjZ4H0
— Graveface (@graveface_recs) October 20, 2015
UPDATE 3: Here's a statement from Run For Cover via Pitchfork in response to whether or not their apology changes anything:
Frankly, no, it doesn’t change anything. We were aware of the information in Whirr’s statement when we made the decision. Although the band is not signed to our label, and never have been, we have decided to not work with them in the future, and stop selling their releases we did have a hand in. Also, despite being at a financial net loss with Whirr and Camera Shy, we will be donating $3,000 to a TBA non profit in support of equal rights for LGBTQ.
We will be posting what organization later today, we just didn’t want to jump the gun on that decision.
