The buildup and hits in the intro to our song “Survive This” are a reference to “Just What I Needed” by The Cars. Originally, the hits had the whole band shouting “CARS” each time (sometimes in Joseph Joestar voices), but this was omitted on recording. Feel free to add “CARS!” at the live shows.

Just truly emotional lyrics, driving through trends of self expression, self identification, and self loathing. even the way they start the record “I won’t survive this” shows just how much of a need the lyricists and vocalists had to get their words out there. The record rules

Our instrumental “Nervous Jam” on Vending Machine is named after “Nervous in the Alley” by Less Than Jake for its similar guitar/drum rhythms 😃

💕 We’re nominated for BEST SINGLE, BEST ALBUM, and BEST SKA BAND at the legendary 924 GILMAN’s BOGGIE AWARDS. If you have a second to vote for us, that would be incredible. Thank you! 💕 tinyurl.com/3a34m2vj

“They seem like nice shirts but I’d like to see them modeled.” We got you. 👍 Limited Edition Vending Machine Shirrts (the extra ‘r’ is for ‘quality!’) 🔗 sadsnack.bandcamp.com/merch/vendin...

We got 17 of these Album Release shirts left. 😳 Tell the world you’re nobody’s vending machine!

Just some cute nonbinary folks playing ska music for your Monday 😁 (pics by Giiz from @thehellasband.bsky.social )

@thehellasband.bsky.social surprised the crowd at last nights’s VENDING MACHINE album release by taking over on Kenny G hotline, joined by Noelle, Kirk and Hunter! Meanwhile the rest of Sad Snack ran through the crowd throwing the worst candy they could find.

I just got home from the @sadsnack.bsky.social album release show. Fantastic Bay Area ska about being hurt by relationships, and trying to get your unemployment, and time traveling combat musicians, and understanding who you are and want to be in this world. And it is so goddamn human.

Recreating the cover of Rain Dogs to promote our exclusive VENDING MACHINE T SHIRTS for our show tonight!!

Due to illness, tonight’s show will have a slight lineup change. We’re excited AF to be joined by our local BFF’s @thehellasband.bsky.social (who were our surprise guests anyway . . . Oh no I’ve said too much . . . Or haven’t said enough? ) See you there!!

💕TOMORROW NIGHT! SAN FRANCISCO!💕 Vending Machine Album Release Party with @omnigone.band & Matamoska. Plus a WhackDonut pop-up! 🍩 Sad Snack mugs from @sarahduyer.bsky.social ☕️ & Special Surprise Guests! Get your tickets now 👉 bottomofthehill.com/20251211.html

@sadsnack.bsky.social dropped a fantastic ska album just before the end of the year. Ska never died.

Jawbreakers are a sad snack, right? “If you can skank real hard, you can save us all, go on skanking prove us wrong.” “You’re not rude and I’m telling everyone” “dreamed I was a rude boy…. I just skanked and watched you mosh”

Vending Machine has been fully stocked in the world for 48 hours! We started this band in 2022 and immediately wrote and recorded a few songs, some of those tracks appear TODAY, three years later, in this labor of love that evolved fast! You can snag your copy from @selltheheart.bsky.social now!!

- De São Francisco vem a banda @sadsnack.bsky.social com seu primeiro full album "Vending Machine" (EUA) sadsnack.bandcamp.com/album/vendin... 👇

This week's #Ska releases including killer new albums from @sadsnack.bsky.social, Turkey Blaster Omega, and Bluekilla. Singles from @astralocale.bsky.social, THE DOOMSTOMPERS, Fast Food Orchestra, Kelles Kaviar, Sunny Coast Rude Boys, Les Testarudes, and plenty more! www.reddit.com/r/Ska/s/q0eR...

I've been waiting years for this day to come. Sad Snack's first full-length album is here. We are truly blessed.

✨VENDING MACHINE✨ is OUT NOW: Feast your ears on these songs! Three years of songwriting and making friends and new bandmates, Vending Machine is the BIGGEST and TASTIEST you’ll hear Sad Snack! 🍔 Pick up your copy from @selltheheart.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3kzdyh2r Release show in SF 12/11/25!

Playing some shows with @skatunenetwork.bsky.social & Matamoska & @sadsnack.bsky.social

Look what arrived from @selltheheart.bsky.social today! The rad new @sadsnack.bsky.social album and awesome ska to pretty much wrap up my year of new music. #sadsnack #vendingmachine #selltheheartrecords #newmusic #ska

Take a listen to the new album from @sadsnack.bsky.social today over at @punknews.bsky.social www.punknews.org/article/8711...

💕❤️ Our friends Tom and Susan got engaged during our set at Fest.💕❤️

Does your Monday need more ska & furries? 🦊

Not a single trombone kick flip at the skate park show. 😞

Hi, we’re Sad Snack.

Now you can dress like Sad Snack! 😱 Impersonate us to all your friends with these epic new T shirts in our webstore! sadsnack.bandcamp.com/merch

Now is a good time to inform you that "In Defense of Ska" is a book (that I wrote!) The first edition came out in 2021, and it was updated and re-edited as a 2nd edition last Oct. It's often referred to as "the most important book ever written EVER" You need to get a copy of this book!

Another great week for new #Ska release, including albums from @girthcontrol69.bsky.social, The Dualers, and The Autocratics. And singles from: @sadsnack.bsky.social, The Magnetics, Foolish Relics, Set The Tone, Ska Pai, and more! www.reddit.com/r/Ska/s/CcaM...

📚THE STORY DOESN’T END IS NOW STREAMING EVERYWHERE!📚The final single from our 1st album (12/5 on @selltheheart.bsky.social ) is about powering through crappy, monotonous day jobs you’ve promised yourself you’d never return to, all while striving for artistic fulfillment. 😓

New single from @sadsnack.bsky.social today at @punkrocktheory.bsky.social www.punkrocktheory.com/news/premier...

As a queer, mostly enby band, when we introduce this song with “where my nonbinary folks at?” It’s empowering as fuck to see so many open, proud voices. Let’s get eachother’s backs. Fuck transphobia. Gender is a spectrum. Gender is fluid. Gender is a construct.

“Known for their explosive live shows, where depressing snack foods become flying projectiles and local furries become fast friends, Sad Snack have built a cult following through humor, heart, and a horn section that swells to a mighty four members when the stars align.”

Green tinted East Coast times, from last month’s tour. 💕12/11 we’re playing with @omnigone.band and MATAMOSKA at BOTTOM OF TBE HILL IN SF for our album release💕 Last show of the year. @selltheheart.bsky.social has the presale on Vinyl or CD 👉 sadsnack.bandcamp.com/album/vendin...

If you’re in San Francisco 12/11, we absolutely assure you this will be nothing short of an extravaganza. Getting presale now, it may save you some heartache later. bottomofthehill.com/20251211.html

Have you scoped out our new emo/rocksteady single 🤖VENDING MACHINE🤖 yet? Stream it here 👉 open.spotify.com/track/1HUh9K... 🍫 and check out the preorder for our upcoming 💕FULL LENGTH DEBUT💕 with @selltheheart.bsky.social 👉 sadsnack.bandcamp.com/album/vendin...

Here's everything we caught for this crazy week of #Ska releases. Incl new: @theboydetective.bsky.social, @theslackersband.bsky.social, @sadsnack.bsky.social, @girthcontrol69.bsky.social, Westbound Train, Inspector, Arcade Allstars, The Overits!, and plenty more. www.reddit.com/r/Ska/s/ZjY9...

🍬 Welcome to the Vending Machine!🍫 Please make your selection in a timely manner, because the title track for our debut album is streaming everywhere TODAY! Vending Machine tells the tale of a fed up snack dispenser waiting for an indecisive customer… what happens when its deeper feelings surface?

🎷Air Sax 🎷 Local folks might not believe it, but a sleepy suburb like Nyack, NY hosted a kickass final show on our 7-state east coast run. Where should we play next? 🤔 (After our 12/11 album release at Bottom of the Hill in SF with @omnigone.band and Matamoska - bottomofthehill.com/20251211.html )

Anyway, I heart @sadsnack.bsky.social. They are a nice lil ska band. 10/10, would drive into the city to see them on a weeknight again!

Those are unedited photos. When the lighting at a show is really bad, I switch my camera to shoot in black and white. This is what the lighting looked like. Not my favorite, hard to work with, very dark. So I just did 90% of the show in black and white.

Since @sadsnack.bsky.social played in Richmond, I was legally obligated to shoot them like a hardcore band.

Ahead of their debut, @sadsnack.bsky.social sits down with @almightydanish.bsky.social to chat about live shows, protests, band dynamics, and the premier of their latest single "Vending Machine" beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2025/11/05/s...

The saddest snack? Cutting SNAP benefits. If you can, please donate to www.feedingamerica.org

what a treat to see & hang with the homies from @sadsnack.bsky.social last weekend & last night. much love to @joshpm.bsky.social @indicaindecay.bsky.social & crew

BALTIMORE! Tonight at THE DEPOT (1728 N Charles St.) 7PM $10 🐔

I saw @sadsnack.bsky.social last night in Richmond. They were rad and I love them.

New shirts for today’s Depot Village show at Fest!

See you tomorrow at Depot Village! 8:50PM 😁🏁

kiss me thru yr mask // in a town that still smells of tear gas based on the wonderful song by @sadsnack.bsky.social !! #furry #furryart #ska