Friends for Sale

Baker Legate is the frontman for US-based indie alt-rock projects Friends for Sale and The All-New Insane. In addition to his passion for music, he also has authored a book, entitled 'All Those Long Nights', which was published in August 2016.

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Our new single, The Cat and Its Prey, is out now! Taken from our upcoming sophomore album, Whatever Keeps You Up At Night.

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We're on the last stretch to the album's release finally. There's one song left to do instrumentals for, and then after that It's just a matter of recording vocals for all of them at a local studio in Pittsburgh.

This album has been the hardest and most stressful thing I've ever made musically. I want it to be everything I need it to be and won't accept anything less than the best thing I've ever released. If you'd like to donate to help us out and get the album out sooner, we'd hella appreciate it. The album would've been out last year if it wasn't for financial issues making the process slow to crawl.

I've started a Patreon recently for anyone wanting to donate to help the album get finished up. This album means the world to me and every dollar would go a very long way with it.

We also have a Cashapp: $FriendsForSaleMusic

Thank you to all of those willing to help us out. I appreciate it immensely and will make sure to credit everyone who donates and will include the patrons in our album release video. I hope you guys love this as much as I do. Stay spooky.

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SHUDDER - a track from our upcoming sophomore album, Whatever Keeps You Up At Night

This album means a lot to me and it's probably the most important musical undertaking of my life. I've never felt more proud of something I've created, especially while collabing with Autumn and Anthony on it!

Autumn and I worked our asses off on the production of this album, Autumn bringing it to life with her composition more than I ever thought possible. We hope that our hard work shines through on this, as we spent many restless months hyper-tuning this album down to the smallest detail. I spilled my soul out into the lyrics of this album, several of the songs being about people that I've suffered at the hands of or who have hurt me in ways that don't really heal. Dredging up those past experiences for this project has opened some of those old wounds in a way, but at least that meant I could pour my tears, sweat, AND blood into this album.

This is the first track I wanted to release as a single. It focuses on an abusive relationship with someone who changes so much its as if they're being controlled by some other entity. The "Spider", an uncaring force that only cares about achieving its innate desires and doesn't care who it hurts in the process. This entire album is about abuse of different kinds and the often permanent damage that abuse does to us, often shaping our personalities in ways we often cannot detect ourselves.

When I first wrote most of these songs, I never would have envisioned that someone would care enough about them to bring them to life the way they lived in my head and I can never thank her enough for that. It means more to me than you could ever know. I couldn't have made this album without her and I hope her and my previous drummer Anthony are doing well in their current project: Vulning. (check their latest single out on Spotify)

I'm currently trying to ascertain more funds for this project to help finish it before Fall of this year. If you'd like to donate, please do so via our Cashapp at $FriendsForSaleMusic

Every cent counts and I'll make sure to include everyone who helps in the album credits. Thank you in advance if you do, it means more to me than you could ever know.

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New Whatever Keeps You Up At Night t-shirts are limited on inventory at the moment, but the link to buy them is up HERE! There are stickers of the album cover as well! While they aren't listed for sale individually at the moment, they will come with any t-shirt/tank top order.

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Official album cover of our upcoming second studio album: Whatever Keeps You Up At Night!

This album has been a long time in the works and will be more orchestral and have a heavy emphasis on brass and strings with a darker tone. We've played a few of them at our most recent shows, for those of you who attended them. It will be so cathartic to have them actually out in studio quality. This album means a lot to me and I consider it probably one of the best pieces of art I've ever been a part of. I'm extremely excited to finally release stuff from this album and I can't wait to show you.

We will be dropping two singles from the album hopefully on Halloween if everything goes right. Happy spoop month!

Album art made by itz.dzzy!

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Lo-fi indie rock band Sweetrocket have released two new compilations, Ultimate Collection and 100% Pure Sunshine, with Baker being featured on the former's "Spider" and both "The World Is Out of Control" and "21" on the latter. Baker also contributed to the artwork on the latter. You can listen at the respective links below!

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ULTIMATE COLLECTION 100% PURE SUNSHINE

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Today is the 1 year anniversary of Anthony Falandys joining the band!!! Such a vibe and honour to have someone so badass stick by my side for so long. ~3~

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Had fun at Double Happiness last night! Come check us and a ton of other local bands out at our next shows! 🎃🎃🎃

NEW TOUR DATES!

7/16/22 - The Newark Hub LLC, Newark, OH 9/26/22 - Woodlands Tavern, Columbus, OH 10/29/22 - Skeletones, Grand Rapids, MI 10/30/22 - Dirty Dungarees, Columbus, OH

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WE GOT PLAYED ON THE "WEATHER" SECTION OF WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE!!!!

I've been submitting to this podcast every submission period since 2014. This is incredible. :'D And on an episode about a ghost haunting a theatre, no less.

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Repping our old merch and booking new tour dates!  ^^

NEW TOUR DATES!

9/11/21 - Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH 10/10/21 - Skully’s Music-Diner, Columbus, OH 10/23/21 - The Newark Hub, Newark, OH 11/12/21 - Half-Baked Brewery, Columbus, OH 12/19/21 - Cafe Bourbon Street, Columbus, OH

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New videos from our latest performances are now up on our official YouTube channel!

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Sounds Like Summer '21Featuring:Icona VeraWhile I'm AwayUnder The LadderCozenMatt Steidle & That’s The BreaksHenry ByrneThe Plan B'sThe Chaptersand more..... All AgesDoors at 3pm

Hey guys! Our big show at Skully's is coming up on Sunday, the 15th. How good of a spot we get is directly linked to our ticket sales so if anyone wants to come we'd be hella stoked. Presale tickets are 10 munnies if anyone wants one!

Contact us and we can bring you a physical one. ^^ If you'd rather buy online, you can choose "Friends For Sale" from the drop down menu and purchase tickets directly from the site so that we get credit for the sales. ❤️

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NEW MERCH AVAILABLE NOW!

Friends for Sale has T-shirts f!cking finally. And they feature Gourdon from our album cover who has presumably blacked out from doing too many bathroom drugs. He tried to fit in by carving his own face, but all he really needed was a cool T-shirt.

Get yours' today at https://friendsforsalemusic.bigcartel.com/

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Donatos Pizza had some of the best basement beer in the bidness, I'll tell ya hwat. New videos from our latest performance there now up on our official YouTube!

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A compilation CD we were featured on that was created by OHMS Records is out for online purchase! It features us along with a few other local bands. :D Pick one up HERE and support these lovely peeps. <3

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NEW TOUR DATES!

3/6/21 - Donatos Basement, Columbus, OH 6/16/21 - Buzzbin Art & Music Shop, Canton, OH 6/26/21 - Hoodbillies CD Release Party, Columbus, OH 7/11/21 - Junior’s Bar & Grill, Columbus, OH 8/1/21 - The Summit Music Hall, Columbus, OH 8/13/21 - PirateFest 2021 @ Water Bowl, Muncie, IN

📷: Harley Wince

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Originally released last year on our “Years Gone By” EP, the demo version of “One Day You’ll Look Back” has been restored to digital retailers and is again available wherever you get your music!

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