Hammers & Heartstrings

HAMMERS & HEARTSTRINGSWe are a fundraising team supporting the Dear Jack Foundation in their $100k challenge. Help us fight AYA cancer!

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Who doesn't love a cute tote? Perfect Christmas present for any music lover out there! Order yours now before this campaign ends! Get yours now here! 100% of proceeds benefit the Dear Jack Foundation and the fight against adolescent and young adult cancer!

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swinging from the fire escape

[andrewmcmahonmusic]

It’s with great excitement that I announce the 7th Annual Dear Jack Foundation benefit. Please join me on November 11th at The Observatory in Santa Ana California to celebrate Dear Jack’s 10th year serving the Adolescent and Young Adult cancer community. To help me recognize this important milestone I will be joined onstage by members of the Wilderness band, Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate. This will be a special night, spanning more than 16 years of music with the friends that helped me bring it all to life. Proceeds from this show will go to support DJF programs and partnerships. Tickets go on sale this coming Monday, October 10th at 12pm PST here.

Please take a moment and go to dearjackfoundation.org to learn more about our mission and join us in raising awareness for the hundreds of thousands of adolescent young adult patients and survivors impacted by cancer.

[andrewmcmahonmusic]

Prepping for tomorrow night’s red rocks show.

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@ andrew

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There are brand new items in the Hammers & Heartstrings Etsy shop! We're excited to offer some amazing watercolor lyric artwork to inspire you in any room, post cards inspired by some of our favorite Andrew McMahon songs, asterisk window vinyls so you can cruise in style, and greeting cards fitted with the H&H logo to send to all of your friends! These items are selling quick, so get them while you can! All profits go to the Dear Jack Foundation and the fight against adolescent and young adult cancer! Help us fight cancer at by checking out our Etsy shop or donating directly here :)

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Here it is, the latest and greatest from your friends at Hammers & Heartstrings! Asterisk enamel lapel pins! Head on over to our Etsy shop to grab one!

For Andrew McMahon fans, the asterisk has become a powerful symbol for the interconnectedness of the universe and all of us within it. Wear this gold metal and white enamel asterisk lapel pin to show your love for Andrew McMahon and his various projects (Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness), and to help out his charity the Dear Jack Foundation in their mission to support adolescent and young adult cancer patients and survivors! All profits from the sales of this item will go toward the Dear Jack Foundation's $100k challenge!

These pins were custom made for us in Chicago and they turned out gorgeous if we do say so ourselves! They’re selling like hotcakes and limited quantities remain! Grab one before they’re gone!

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Our minimalist Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness band name tshirts will be available for pre-order through the end of the week! We only have about 25 left altogether and they're going quick, so the pre-order ends Saturday or when we sell out - whichever comes first! 100% of the proceeds from these tshirts goes to the Dear Jack Foundation and the fight against adolescent and young adult cancer. Click here to reserve yours!

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@littlestoflambs: one puppy at a time

[somethingjacksmannequin]

so lets hang an anchor from the sun

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@chisamarie: it's always a good night when you see your favorite person

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@t_for_therese: the bartender seemed cool, kept talking about his band tho'

[andrewmcmahonmusic]

“Fire Escape” was born of a weeks worth of late nights in New York City. I’d been traveling in support of the first Wilderness album for nearly 2 years when I found myself with a rare weekend off in a town that’s been known to get the best of me. The acrobat, the banker, the oxblood friend; these larger than life characters are the real life squad that lead me through the boroughs, bodegas, bars and subway stations found in the lyrics of this song. When it was all said and done the nearly illegible pocketsize-notebook prose charting our adventures was curated in a high rise studio off 49th street. The friends I made there, while writing “Fire Escape” have gone on to be the collaborators in charge of bringing the full length album to life. We bonded over the thought of old friends losing their shit in a city that doesn’t sleep, but also about the beauty of having a home to crawl back to when the sun comes out. A number one if you will. I think it’s the realization that sometimes the party does end and in that moment where you’re standing and who you’re standing next to says a lot about what comes next. “Fire Escape” is a song full of mantra’s from a time filled with joy and achievement, chaos, insecurity and good friends. “Never go home”, “We belong awake”… Maybe these are words to live by, maybe I adopted them as a credo to justify my true nature as an escapist. Whatever it is, it’s yours now. It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the party, try not to break anything.

Watch the “Fire Escape” lyric video. 

North America, download & stream the song - heads up, it will be available internationally tomorrow!

p.s. thank you to AM Chalk for chalking up the “Fire Escape” lyrics, one line at a time.

[snazzypineapples]

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness // Fire Escape

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NEW SINGLE: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness “Fire Escape” available NOW on iTunes!

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Andrew McMahon in The Wilderness self-titled - Transparent ice blue/2000 #andrewmcmahon #vinyl

[rosecoloredsboy]

Maps For The Getaway // Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness