Our next Hopepit will be EARTH DAY, Wednesday, April 22! 🌍 🌏 🌎 🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞 #EarthDay #Hopepit 🌱 #hopepunk #solarpunk #clifi #writingcommunity #writesky 🌳 hosted by: @arachnereid.bsky.social @thestripedbananas.bsky.social & @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social

Our album Eternity Forest made it into Joyful Union Cassettee Resource's top 100 of 2025 (#52) This was the first time we had a cassette of an album made! joyfulunioncassetteresource.com/2025/12/12/j... #cassette #indiemusic #musicsky #musicchallenge

Haha so when I made this post I didn't know my friend has been scheming! Brought me this today:

My top 20 albums released this past year. Some surprising finds for me this year, and I can't wait to spend January doing the same list for 2024 to see how much it changes. What albums did I miss? What were your top albums? #MusicSky #TopAlbums2025 #YearinReview Happy New Year Y'all!

@thestripedbananas.bsky.social Was so happy to see you tie for 10th on my list this year. Keep up the great vibes Y'all, I'll be coming for that autographed vinyl very soon!

Your music is on my top 10 for 2025. Can't wait to hear new tunes from you. Happy New Year 2026! May it be a very creative year for you☆. ~Pamela

Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for all your support in 2025! As a little word-of-mouth indie band, it meant the world to us! Peace & Love, Tel and Duncan #hippie #vinyl #indiemusic #70s #60s #musicsky #psychedelicrock

Bit of fun on the 12-string acoustic during a quiet moment. For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. 1966 rolling into 2026. ☮️💜☮️ #musicsky #hippie #60s #coversong #buffalospringfield

New BluRay of the indie film our song "Vampire of Mine" is in arrived. So cool to be in a production like this! #vampire #indiemovie #grunge #horror #physicalmedia #moviesky #musicsky

Merry Vibes and Happy Holidaze! Wishing you, your families, and friends a peaceful holiday season. Love, The Striped Bananas xoxo #HolidaySeason #wintervibes #HappyHolidays #christmas #writingcommunity #musicsky

Our album Eternity Forest is in TimeMazine's Top 40 albums of 2025. What an honor to be among such great music from this year. Support the underground, support indie. Always follow your dreams. 💜💜💜 #vinyl #newmusic #5albums25 #newmusic2025 #musicchallenge #cassette #indiemusic

Our album Eternity Forest is in TimeMazine's Top 40 albums of 2025. What an honor to be among such great music from this year. Support the underground, support indie. Always follow your dreams. 💜💜💜 #vinyl #newmusic #5albums25 #newmusic2025 #musicchallenge #cassette #indiemusic

Duncan's new short story "Welcome Home" is available to read for free in issue 73 of NewMyths magazine. Let us know what you think! sites.google.com/newmyths.com... #shortstory #shortstories #fantasy #reading #writersky #booksky

Duncan's new short story "Welcome Home" is available to read for free in issue 73 of NewMyths magazine. Let us know what you think! sites.google.com/newmyths.com... #shortstory #shortstories #fantasy #reading #writersky #booksky

Winter fairy 🧚‍♂️ relaxing on an old frozen stump. When you approach her, the world slows down. #fairy #fairycore #psychedelic #hippie #winter

The brief story of 1940s model Olga Steckler. This was her trunk of photos and trinkets. She was friends with everyone from Salvador Dali to Marilyn Monroe. She was the left cheek on Dali's Women Forming A Skull. #photography #salvadordali #marilynmonroe #1940s #pinup #surreal

Antique cameras are fascinating. #antique #cameras #photography

A working G.W Cornwall pump organ made in Quebec, Canada in 1889. You have to move your feet to get air into the instrument for sound to come out. I got to play through a few bars of our song Black Velvet off Lady Sunshine album. #music #organ #1800s #antique

Now playing on https://untidyradio.com Vampire of Mine by The Striped Bananas.

A throwback to covering Gene Clark's Silver Raven live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This was a couple of months before Stone of Madness came out. No known video of this gig exists, just a few audience snaps. #geneclark #thebyrds #70s #hippie #livemusic

☮️☮️☮️ #johnlennon #vinyl

Apollo 13 - 1995 Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, no Lord of the Rings, no Marvel, no Disney animated or Pixar.

#BandcampFriday Now Playing thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...

Checking out the music by @thestripedbananas.bsky.social now. It's really rad psychedelic rock! thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...

Check out @thestripedbananas.bsky.social on #bandcamp. Cool psychedelic alt pop retro goodness. #bandcampfriday thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...

"She Waits for the Sunrise" is filled with spiraling vocal harmonies, anchored by acetone organ, buzzing sitar, and grooving bass. Vibe into the mesmerizing and surreal. 💜 This is our psychedelic symphony 💜 #musicsky #psychedelicrock #indie #MusicChallenge #surreal #trippy #hippie #music

Listen Now~Check Vinyl Out The Striped Bananas-Eternity Forest 2025 Psych Rock. Garage-rock bounce & trippy atmospheres. Swirling organ/Mellotron/sitar/guitar blend creates a kaleidoscope of sound-a love letter to classic psych. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGt... youtu.be/mRUGIoDkM3Q?...

Forgotten World is a global inspired song, blending world music, punk, and reggae with a little help from our friends. The lyrics focus on nature, hope, and community. Ifedayo from Nigeria joins on drums/vocals Harsh from India plays table. 💜 #HopePit #worldmusic #postpunk #solarpunk #MusicChallenge

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating! We have so much to be thankful for— our family, friends, fans, and collaborators like Bruce Hendrickson, Ifedayo, and Harsh that helped make our album "Eternity Forest" be the best it could be. Thank you! #Thanksgiving #Indiemusic #psychedelicrock

Saddened to hear the great Jimmy Cliff has passed away. His music has been a constant companion. #reggae #JimmyCliff #vinyl #vinylrecords #musicsky

Now playing on https://untidyradio.com Vampire of Mine by The Striped Bananas.

The Striped Bananas A very groovy "now" band And my usual unusual #TheStripedBananas #art #animation #thecolorsthecolors

"She Waits for the Sunrise" is filled with spiraling vocal harmonies, anchored by acetone organ, buzzing sitar, and grooving bass. Vibe into the mesmerizing and surreal. 💜 This is our psychedelic symphony 💜 #musicsky #psychedelicrock #indie #MusicChallenge #surreal #trippy #hippie #music

Forgotten World made its radio debut on WAPJ last night. Thanks Chris! #indie #vinyl #radio #musicsky

Tales of Occult Britain just arrived from across the pond. Perfect autumn 🍂 day to start digging in. Looking forward to it @ninaantonia13.bsky.social #booksky #writersky

Hope hides in a lush forest on Nariah IV, a planet colonized by a technocratic regime. Cowboy & Christa flee into the perilous woods seeking meaning & love. Rescued by an Afro-futurist group, they must use creativity & science to survive a harsh winter, or die trying. #OS #HopePit #Hopepunk #Novella

Hope hides in a lush forest on Nariah IV, a planet colonized by a technocratic regime. Cowboy & Christa flee into the perilous woods seeking meaning & love. Rescued by an Afro-futurist group, they must use creativity & science to survive a harsh winter, or die trying. #OS #HopePit #Hopepunk #Novella

"Numbness from years of war began cracking apart. I had hope... hope that there was a life outside of all the destruction I lived through. Anemoia; I was homesick for a home I'd never known." #hopepit Excerpt from Vedma Returning, a weird story you can read free: www.electricspec.com/Volume20/Iss...

"Numbness from years of war began cracking apart. I had hope... hope that there was a life outside of all the destruction I lived through. Anemoia; I was homesick for a home I'd never known." #hopepit Excerpt from Vedma Returning, a weird story you can read free: www.electricspec.com/Volume20/Iss...

Art share for #hopepit Tel's Solarpunk self-portrait #artshare #solarpunk #artsky #psychedelic

Art share for #hopepit Tel's Solarpunk self-portrait #artshare #solarpunk #artsky #psychedelic

posting human made art for #hopepit day! (thanks to @thestripedbananas.bsky.social for recommend i do this!) 🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸🌼 @solidpawn.bsky.social @realthangcustoms.bsky.social @canuckuma.bsky.social @lowlywisp.bsky.social

Art Share Day! Would love to see pieces by: @tonnerrecomics.bsky.social @youaintnopunk.bsky.social @babbittybabbitt.bsky.social @ursadoomart.bsky.social @emilyatplay.bsky.social @jamesfineart.bsky.social @iranzye.bsky.social Use hashtag: #hopepit #sfw #artshare #writers #artistsonbluesky

#MusicChallenge #musicsky: post a song that hits on the theme of hope, adaptation, and resilience #writersky: post a song that reminds you of your work, or inspires you #booksky: what is your favorite #hopepunk, #solarpunk, and/or #clifi book that you'd recommend? Use the tag #HopePit 💜

Forgotten World is a global inspired song, blending world music, punk, and reggae with a little help from our friends. The lyrics focus on nature, hope, and community. Ifedayo from Nigeria joins on drums/vocals Harsh from India plays table. 💜 #HopePit #worldmusic #postpunk #solarpunk #MusicChallenge

#MusicChallenge #musicsky: post a song that hits on the theme of hope, adaptation, and resilience #writersky: post a song that reminds you of your work, or inspires you #booksky: what is your favorite #hopepunk, #solarpunk, and/or #clifi book that you'd recommend? Use the tag #HopePit 💜

#Hopepit #writersky Aside from being musicians, Tel is a poet & painter, and I'm a fiction writer. We recorded a video w/ two of our international musician friends for the music share later in the week :) Stay tuned! Seeing different communities come together brings us hope 💜 #hopepunk #musicsky

Day 1: #Hopepit meet & greet! Let's get to know each other a little! Introduce yourself, drop a photo or video if you like Maybe share what brings you hope 🌞 🌱

#Hopepit #writersky Aside from being musicians, Tel is a poet & painter, and I'm a fiction writer. We recorded a video w/ two of our international musician friends for the music share later in the week :) Stay tuned! Seeing different communities come together brings us hope 💜 #hopepunk #musicsky

Today marks a month since our LP Eternity Forest was released. We're overwhelmed with the lovely comments, messages, and support. Thank you for journeying into Eternity Forest with us! -Duncan & Tel The Striped Bananas #vinyl #recordcollector #psychedelicrock #vinylsky #newmusic #musicchallenge