Pre-orders open for the Fourth Strike Song Jam 2025 Compilation Album!
-- Profits from pre-orders and April, May, and June 2026 sales go to Trans Lifeline. To find out more about their work please visit https://translifeline.org --
Another year, another song jam! Last November-December, another cohort of incredibly talented musicians came together to tackle four new sets of songwriting challenges. Then, we made a compilation album about it.
No cuts. No major revisions. 22 delicious original tracks, with new music from fan-favorite rockers and brilliant new voices alike. It's a testament to the ability and enthusiasm of every single participant in our 2025 song jam that this compilation album is as good as it is. But don't take our word for it—Pre-order the Fourth Strike Song Jam 25 album now, and enjoy the zippy, confident, and ridiculously catchy preview track, "Monadnock," by @lordcakespy and Aran P. Ink.
STILL TIME TO FEAR / IF YOU GO, YOU SHOULD DRAW BLOOD
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Song and instrumental by Ras, with
Lead vocals by Louisa Blatt and Riley Banks
Drums by Morgan
Mix help from Sci-Fi BF and amadis
Inspired by the short story "Pencil Werewolf" by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Fourth Strike... August 2025 - Feb 2026 "Monthly" Roundup, Pt 1: Music
LONG TIME NO SEE, and welcome back to Fourth Strike Monthly Roundups! A moment of silence for the half a year we've been gone; I (roundup writer) have just been extremely busy irl. But hey! There's now six months of sick tunes to catch up on!
There's a LOT here, and it's Bandcamp Friday (!!), so we've divided the roundup into two parts, and we'll go through these pretty rapid-fire. This is Part 1: MUSIC!
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NEW IN MUSIC:
1. Loads of our musicians have been playing live! All of these gigs are now past, but here's an assortment of shows from the last half year:
keep an eye on these folks! We'll be posting new gigs as people land 'em, including a few in today's roundup below!
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2. @robnotes released their debut EP, How To Feel, along with a videos breaking down its production and lyrics!
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3. @thwackamabob 's band Yuppie Supper put out a track on T4T2! : A Mutual Aid Compilation by Trans People for Trans People! 100% of album proceeds go to The Trevor Project. Check it out below!
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4. Ceri released a music video for her song "Murderer." Watch it now on YouTube:
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5. Nia's done a drum 'n bass mix for the FieldFX shader jam. Mix, tracklist, and song links available on her blog here:
They then came back for a second one, this time with the goal of using as few breakbeats and as many four-on-the-floors as possible👀 Recording and tracklist below!
6. @thwackamabob and Yuppie Supper are back! This time with the release of their second EP, The Mondegreen. Check it out on bandcamp and streaming! Not really linking to a certain streaming service here anymore, but it's there if you use it:
You can also get YupSup shirts on the bandcamp, now in black AND white:
The Mondegreen White T-Shirt from Yuppie Supper
If you happen to live in Leeds or the surrounding, keep track of upcoming shows at their linktree:
View yuppie.supper’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a
And finally, the band did an interview with Slutsplosion over on YouTube! Watch it here:
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7. @raccoonfink's sorted his project across his various styles into his own label on Ampwall! Check his music out here:
Dumpster Panda Records
Rick's put his entire electronic back catalog up for PWYW. If you're a fan of techno, electronica, ambient, and/or chiptune, this is the place to be!!
Now on @ampwall.com -- the entire back catalog of Raccoon Fink electronic music.
It's primarily techno, electronica, ambient, and chiptunes
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8. LCS released a new album! Hymns and Deviations is a deliberately nebulous concept album, open to the whims and interpretations of the listener. What will you find within its synthwave electronica?
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9. Seb put out their final uni project! Self-described as "weird plunderphonics-y vaporwave-y nonsense," The Wheeler-Langley Experiment is available now on Bandcamp:
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10. Shmucku put out a "ethereal x dreampop x Silent Hill type beat," available on YouTube under A Liminal Life! 🤩
They've also got a little jam sess up, if you'd like to hear some SICK guitar:
Open in App
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11. Fans of music about horror games rejoice! Sci-fi's written an entire EP (seven songs!) of music for an experimental enormous game of Mothership that ran for Mothership Month 25. Check it out on Bandcamp:
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12. Resni's released the full soundtrack for Videonauts on Bandcamp! What's Videonauts? Keep scrolling and you'll find more on their indie horror game (sensing a theme, this month) in the Not Music (But Still Cool) section 👾
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13. Amelia released her first big album on Bandcamp! It's called GLAM, it's a concept album about identity, community, and the cycle of mental health recovery, and garages fans might recognize a certain track, formerly about a certain Atlantean....🎸🔱
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15. Julien compiled, mastered, and has a song on Causerie: A Compilation Album Benefitting YRC ATL:
Y'all Rock Camp ATL puts on a summer camp for girls and other trans/gender-expansive kids to learn to play and make music! All artists on the comp are local to Atlanta and past/present counselors and organizers🎸
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16. Skul Girl did a remix of the new Femtanyl. In her words: "It go squeaky glitchy now!!!!"
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17. datasaab put out a song! Available now on YouTube and streaming:
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18. Gabi's got a new single coming out on Tuesday! Presave "When the lights go out (in my eyes)" below:
Stream and Pre-save When the lights go out(in my eyes) - Distributed by DistroKid
Faer last track with faer former band Glitt, "Party," also came out recently! Listen to it on YouTube/streaming:
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19. We had our annual Song Jam here at Fourth Strike at the end of 2025! As always, everyone brought out some truly incredible music, and there's another compilation album in the works. More info to come when we've got news!
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20. Speaking of news, we know people are probably curious about what's happening with EXPANSION. While we're not quite ready with a new release date yet, progress is being made, and we're hopeful we'll have more info to share soon!
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And that's everything music from the last six months! If you're looking for new music, or artists to support this Bandcamp Friday, we hope you found something new and exciting here!
Stick around for Part 2 to get updates on all the cool non-music things Fourth Strikers have been involved in, and we'll see you next month🎸
🎤Announcing the FOURTH STRIKE SONG JAM 2025! 🎵 FOUR CHALLENGES, FOUR SONGS, FOUR WEEKS.
Song Jam's a beloved FS tradition at this point, and we couldn't be more excited to bring it back for another go around. About once a year, we open the server for a low-pressure, collaborative space for musicians to complete challenges in songwriting & producing. This year's song jam will run from November 10 through December 15—that's two weeks on, a break week, then two more weeks.
Join in on our discord server! Our usual entry requirements will be relaxed for the jam (though Fourth Strike is still first and foremost a music workspace).
Have a song with @thwackamabob @clemkesh and Morgan (who I'm not sure is on Tumblr?) on the new fourth strike song jam! It's called Euthanasia, we made it in like 2 days, and it's inspired by one of my favorite short stories, "Pencil Werewolf" by Gerardo Sámano Córdova✏️🧪🐺
We're proud to announce that the Fourth Strike Song Jam For Good 2023 raised $1085.17 for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the jam, bought the compilation album, or spread the word. This was 100% a community effort; we quite literally couldn't have done this without you.
If you missed the jam, you can still make donations direct to the PCRF. And check out the album credits to follow and support all our wonderful participating artists!
