Our new album BEAR is out everywhere and we’ve only just begun touring and sharing the music with the world! We’re hitting the Southeast this winter, Europe this spring, and everywhere else beyond in 2026. We look forward to seeing you in your part of the world very soon! Let us know where you are!

Here’s @buickaudra.bsky.social recording vocals for DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS from our album BEAR!

We’re touring the Southeast and beyond in February & March with our pals in Temptress! Incredibly excited to head your way playing music from our new album BEAR! Tickets on sale now. See you soon! 🌿02/18 - Houston, TX @ Black Magic Social Club 🌿02/19 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Mid City Ballroom

Happy new year, friends! We have loved sharing our new album BEAR with you over these past few months, and we can’t wait to play it for you live in as many places as possible this year, including Europe! Our first tour dates of the season are below.

2025 will go down as the busiest, most productive & profound years I may ever experience! My band @fcommanders.bsky.social signed a record deal & released BEAR - the work of my life, comprised of 10 devastatingly incredible compositions by @buickaudra.bsky.social & my favorite drum performances yet.

Thank you! 🌿🌿🌿

One of my favorite moments on BEAR, the new @fcommanders.bsky.social record! I got obsessed with fills that trade back and forth between tom/snare & kick+cymbal hits and this is that in its ultimate form.

FIRST SHOWS OF 2026! Thrilled to announce this co-headlining tour with our pals in Temptress, plus a Nashville show in April! You coming out?

BEAR has been out for 2 months today! Thank you for listening to our new album! We appreciate all the shares, comments, radio plays, playlist adds, & love you’ve shown this body of work. Here’s some footage from tacking the record at GodCity in Salem MA w/ Kurt Ballou & vocal tracking in Nashville!

Pals! We’re in the running for the top 25 list on The Obelisk’s year-end poll! Would appreciate your vote! You rule. 🌿🌿🎉🎉🫡🫡 theobelisk.net/obelisk/

I am from the ocean’s edge. Black t-shirts and sacrilege. youtu.be/ayVCMTXF13k?...

Friends! Today is the last Bandcamp Friday of the year and we’ve added some new things for the occasion, like handwritten lyrics to the songs from BEAR, rendered by Buick Audra! Available bundled with vinyl or as standalone offerings. friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/album/bear

Friends! Today is the last Bandcamp Friday of the year and we’ve added some new things for the occasion, like handwritten lyrics to the songs from BEAR, rendered by Buick Audra! Available bundled with vinyl or as standalone offerings. friendshipcommanders.bandcamp.com/album/bear

@fcommanders.bsky.social BEAR lyrics are live on Bandcamp! Available bundled with vinyl or as standalone offerings! I had a lovely time writing them out. Special love for KEEPING SCORE and DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS, the sisters that open & close the album. It’s Bandcamp Friday tomorrow, but grab ‘em!

Head over and check out live footage from shows, from Megadeth and Kerry King, to Exodus and @fcommanders.bsky.social 🎸Live and Loud - Metal & Rock Concert Footage #live #metal #livemetal #metalconcert #livemusic www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We'd be thrilled to have your vote for Best Metal Album of 2025! Vote here for BEAR by @fcommanders.bsky.social - please and thank you! www.metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vo...

Marc Orleans, my friend who I love and miss. I say his name on stage every night on @fcommanders.bsky.social tour. 💎

Honored to be among all these great albums being considered for best of 2025 by @metalepidemic.bsky.social! We would appreciate your vote! www.metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vo...

Maybe there’s a place for us, the ones who got the other stuff DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS music video out now! 🌿For Reena Virk & all of the bad daughters🌿

This tour @fcommanders.bsky.social just wrapped was somewhat of a revelatory experience! Something clicked along the way and we elevated to some new level of performance and connection to the audience that I can honestly say I’ve never experienced before in any capacity.

Because @fcommanders.bsky.social and @tomonakayama.bsky.social both released songs called "Blue" relatively recently, and I had a song called "The Blue" a while back, I decided to make a chronological playlist of songs called Blue. I think it came out pretty well.

🌿THANK YOU SO MUCH🌿 We’re heading home from this awesome tour and want to thank all who worked, played, and came out to the shows! We’ve never felt as connected to everyone in the room as we have over these past two months of playing songs from BEAR, truly. Thank you for being part of that.

🌿LARAMIE, WY TONIGHT, 11/23!🌿Last show of this big beautiful tour for our new album, BEAR! Closing it out w/ Spangler & John Poland! Ruffed Up Duck at 7 PM! Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the PNW shows, including Levi Fuller who took this vid of MIDHEAVEN! See you soon, WY pals! 🌿🌿🌿

🌿SEATTLE TONIGHT, 11/21!🌿 We’re hitting Bad Bar w/ our friends Gender Envy, Death Spa & Mutual Stoke! Didn’t get to finish our set last time we were in town because Funhouse unceremoniously cut us off. Tonight we seek justice. See you there 💀💀💀

🌿PORTLAND, OR TONIGHT, 11/20!🌿 Stoked to be back and playing High Water Mark w/ Robots of the Ancient World & Young Hunter! 8PM - see you there!

Some say god is in the water. Not for all of the bad daughters. 🌿🌿🌿

🌿PALMDALE CA TONIGHT, 11/16!🌿 Happy to be returning to Transplants Brewing Company, and please note that we’re now headlining! It’s a free show, this venue rules, and Idol Lord & Cattlemass are also throwing down! What’s not to love? 5:30 PM Doors, 6 PM music - see you there!

The music video for 🌿DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS🌿 by Friendship Commanders is out today - intentionally released on the anniversary of Reena Virk’s death. Read and watch at the exclusive premiere in Metal Epidemic; there’s also a personal essay in Atwood Magazine, written by me. Links below 🖤

One of my favorites from the new album - and that was before knowing the story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayVC... atwoodmagazine.com/essay-buick-...

DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS - new music video out today. For Reena Virk, for all of the bad daughters, and for the girls who didn’t get their shot. Released with care and respect on this day, November 14th, the anniversary of Reena’s passing.

🌿LOS ANGELES TONIGHT, 11/13!🌿 So happy to be back for a GREAT show at Redwood Bar with our pals Salem’s Bend, Bronco Forte & Pagoto! Can’t wait to see you all tonight. Let’s make it a ripper.

🌿LAS VEGAS TONIGHT, 11/12!🌿 Happy to be throwing down at The Griffin w/ Radio Cowboy & Graveflower! 8 PM! Many thanks to everyone in ABQ last night! Great to be with you al!! See you very soon, NV pals! It’s gonna be heavy 💀

West coast tour dates start tonight, 11/11 in Albuquerque, NM at El Rey Mezzanine with Dazeyrot & Murai! Come help us celebrate one month of our new album BEAR being out in the world! We’re touring the west for the next couple weeks so come say hey if you’re nearby! We’d love to meet you.

DEAD & DISCARDED GIRLS. New music video this Friday, 11/14.

🌿FORT WORTH TONIGHT, 11/9!🌿 Can’t wait to play The Cicada w/ Lotus Lords, Bull Nettle Jacket & Mind Funeral! 8 PM! Thank you for last night, Houston! Vid taken by Anton at Legalize Lex this year! Spoiler: Buick has her Croo shirt on for tonight’s show, too 😂⚰️ See you soon, FTW!

Name 10 current female artists you love Simone Simons Brittney Slayes Floor Jansen Tarja Turunen Clementine Delaunay The Anchoress (Catherine Davies) Patricia Louise Crane Buick Audra Francis Tobolsky Lzzy Hale (In no particular order!)

🌿HOUSTON TONIGHT, 11/8!🌿We’ll see you pals at 1810 Ojeman at 8 PM! Thrilled to be throwing down with the awesome Direlands, Foster Mother & Mr Plow! Thanks to everyone who played, worked, and came out in Austin last night! Beautiful to be with you, we’ll be back! L

🌿TEXAS!🌿 We have 3 shows in your beautiful state this weekend! 11/7 at Crowbar in Austin w/ Throat Piss, Tortueees & Medicine Theory! 11/8 at 1810 Ojeman in Houston w/ Direlands, Fostermother & Mr Plow! 11/9 at The Cicada in Fort Worth w/ Lotus Lords, Bull Nettle Jacket & Mind Funeral!

The DRAIN continues! Tour starts back up this Friday November 7th and runs through November 23rd! Stoked to play these tracks from our new album BEAR for you. See you soon! www.friendshipcommandersband.com/p/shows.html

Packing more BEAR bundles before tour! Will ship all remaining orders on Thursday morning before we head out for the below dates. Thank you for being here, and see you at the shows!

You can dress up as other people for Halloween, but not in real life. That’s called a DRAIN. 🔪💀🔪 #sludgemetal #doommetal #grunge #stonermetal

Big thanks to Nashville for the 5-song-long mosh pit last Friday! EYEHATEGOD & Legions of Doom ripped! @fcommanders.bsky.social head out west 11/7-11/23. Come say hey! Maybe I will finally defeat my ride cymbal at one of these gigs.

Tour continues Nov 7th-23rd! Stoked to be heading west, filling rooms with 130 db’s of fuzz guitar, playing songs from our new album BEAR! Come say hey if we’re near you!

You heard the man! Also, consider the children!

🌿THANK YOU, NASHVILLE!🌿 What an amazing time last night! Thanks for celebrating our new album BEAR with us and absolutely tearing it UP! We had the best time imaginable. Big love to Cobra in Nashville, EYEHATEGOD & Legions of Doom for a killer night overall!

Check out the homies in @fcommanders.bsky.social Perform their song “Still Life”, Live at the Squirrel Hill Sportsbar, Pittsburgh, 9/19/25 Fresh off of their album release party for 🐻 Bear, did you grab it? @buickaudra.bsky.social @jerryroe.bsky.social #nowplaying #livemusic youtu.be/JQm7rfAXT-I

🌿NASHVILLE: advance tix for tonight are SOLD OUT!🌿Thrilled to be having the hometown release show for our new album BEAR in Nashville w/ Eyehategod & Legions of Doom tonight 10/24! Doors are at 7 so get there early to grab the remaining tix before they disappear! We hit at 7:50 sharp! See you there!

🌿TONIGHT, THURSDAY 10/23🌿 Stoked to return to Slim’s in Raleigh! 8 PM Doors! Nashville album release show tomorrow 10/24 at The Cobra w/ EYEHATEGOD & LEGIONS OF DOOM! You were so great to us, Richmond! Thanks for packing the house and getting loud with us. We’ll be back!

This drum solo (or the first half of it anyway) is one of my favorite things I’ve ever done and I absolutely love playing this w/ @buickaudra.bsky.social It feels like we’re in a fusion band.

🌿TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY 10/22🌿 BEAR tour hits Bandito’s in Richmond! 7 PM Doors, 8 PM Music - we can’t wait! Thanks for a great time the other night, Brooklyn! Good to see you! #sludgemetal #doommetal #grunge #postmetal #shoegaze