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    "they said I am an abomination, so I guess I'll see you all in hell" - Jesus, Pt. 1

    ever wanted to wear a half skeletonized curvy fiery gal smoking a joint, gilded in an incantation of dramatic irony, liberating both you and herself from the toxic binds of queerphobic southern evangelicalism? Well you've come to the right place baby

    (they run a touch large and don't shrink in the wash)
    (all proceeds go to furthering the PUF's antiestablismentarianism)

    designed by Lauren Stone
    printed by Crystal Ball
    photos by Austin Webster
    modeled and ideated by Jody Friend

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    after a successful kickstarter campaign, we are so very pleased to announce the first edition of Chrysalis on VINYL! 180g heavy black vinyl with custom artwork by Jody Galadriel Friend and Madeline Devries.

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1.
Trans Lament 01:05
2.
Jesus, Pt. 1 03:33
said i’ll see you on sunday morning, you said you’d see me in hell sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference these days i guess it’s just as well in that book it is also written what you seek you shall find maybe hell and heaven aren’t places like that maybe it’s all a state of mind isn’t hatred just a sickness turning back into itself? they say i am an abomination, then i guess i’ll see you all in hell i grew up thinking there were those people who had all gone off some deep end but by the time it was all served back to me, those people had become my friends jesus died with sluts and bastards jesus died with houses thieves jesus died with the unwanted do you think jesus died with me isn’t hatred just an ignorance turning back into itself? they said i am an abomination so i guess i’ll see you all in hell oh, i guess i’ll see you all in hell
3.
today i’ve got a dollar in my pocket, tomorrow it’ll be in your billfold our spirits remain poor where our dollars can’t afford we’re just passing it around till its gone if i only have a few days left, gambling on this ancient borrowed breath our lungs and trees and all these earthly things passing oxygen around till its gone i’ve got a little something for us later let’s gather all our friends and we’ll get stoned let’s do it all again like the night that we had met just passing it around till its gone i just want a simple life with you honey, don’t want no bullshit or money just a place of our own to return to and be slow in your arms, mama, till we’re both gone blood sister, my brother, blood others, don’t you know that love just comes and goes, and when it is contained, it never will remain unless you give it all away until it’s gone give it all away until it’s gone give it all away until it’s gone
4.
Brave 03:25
5.
once or twice, a million times afraid of losing you, like everything in the end i was looking for a sign, but you just told me your birthday, choking on your own spit, just got in the habit of not calling it early temporal oscillation, we’re saying the same thing but meaning different things entirely suddenly you walked in and nothing else existed and you, suddenly you didn’t exist time again you said you thought i was selfish i lost everything in the end, just like you said people pleasing is boring and you just sent me a sad face, caught up in your own shit, just got in the habit of not showing up early yellow-orange skies put you back in my mind all the nights that i got lost with you i found a way but the thought stayed like rot in my stomach, now i wanna vomit, in my tender center, wishing it was better temporal oscillation, we’re wearing the same things but saying different things entirely that night when i walked out, was nothing else existing but you when suddenly i didn’t exist suddenly i woke up and nothing else existed and you, and suddenly you didn’t exist, i didn’t exist, we didn’t exist
6.
Arizona Plan 00:47
7.
i know you’ve been searching for a resting place i can only hold you, can’t take your place me oh my, darling, it’s on you and no one else you’ve got to free yourself now for the first time, seeing bright futures must have taken a certain kind of darkness me oh my, darling, it’s on you and no one else you’ve got to free yourself can i admit what i’m thinking is just a shape in the ocean if i could do it for you you know i would never thought that i could let go, but i could and i did me oh my, darling, it’s on you and no one else you’ve got to free yourself me oh my, darling, it’s on you and no one else you’ve got to free yourself
8.
Grit 02:51
her roots have got grit from being buried underground so long, so long and when she is consumed, you can taste the sweetness she has earned only from so long the soil of her hair, the amber on her skin affecting me like a wind beneath my sternum and when she is burned, tangled up legs, wind chimes, our bones she whispers a new tone into this old room her vibrations, dear lord her song he soil of her hair, the amber on her skin affecting me like a wind beneath my sternum he soil of her hair, the amber on her skin affecting me like a wind beneath my sternum her roots have got grit from being buried underground so long, so long
9.
LSS 01:59
10.
I AM 00:47
11.
The Show 03:47
12.
War 05:41

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cover photo by Madeline Devries

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released March 17, 2023

PUBLIC UNIVERSAL FRIEND is

*Jody Galadriel Friend - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, amp case, sound design
*Madeleine Jurkiewicz - vocals
*Jacob Powell - drums, as well as vocals on 'Mama In Your Arms'
*Mina Keohane - rhodes, accordion, as well as vocals on 'Mama In Your Arms'
*Phil Lofton - percussion, field recordings
*Katie Burk - fiddle
*Theo Espy - string chamber
*Nick Tucker - upright bass
*Adam Shuntich - dobro, electric guitar
*Ty Mason - lap steel
*Jonny Trubshaw - harmony on 'Jesus Pt. 1'

recorded at Azmyth Studios (rip), Jonny’s house, and Jody’s apartment, in Indianapolis, IN as well as Airtime Studios in Bloomington, IN, and Jean’s place in Chicago, IL

produced and engineered by Jonny Trubshaw, Levi Townsend, and Jody Galadriel Friend with additional help from June Hopper, Emily Sallee, Dominique Clark, Haley Edwards, Sam Taylor, Michele Moore, Ryan Adkins, Timothy Adie, Zach Elcesser; mastered by Wes Heaton

string sections arranged and produced by Jean Knific, engineered by Joey Meland

sound design produced by Jody Friend, with additional recordings from Phil Lofton and Rob Funkhauser

all songs written by Jody Galadriel Friend from November, 5 2020 - August 2021 with the exception of ‘Horrorscope’, whose third verse was a collaboration with Madeleine Jurkiewicz, ‘Horrorscope (Moon)’ arranged in collaboration with Jacob Powell, and ‘War’, which was written April, 2011.

a most sincere thanks:

to Rosie, Marley Jane, and Missy Elliot for everything you are; Jonny Trubshaw and Levi Townsend for your unending passion, patience, and dedication; Jalissa Gascho, Madeleine Jurkiewicz, Jacob Powell, Mina Koehane, Adam Shuntich, Ty Mason, and Phil Lofton for making it all come true; Mary Duffy, Noelle Perry, Kevin, Jen-n, the kids, and the Sinns for being family; Scott Jones and Kerry Kyle Davies for helping me through; Ben Marcus, Rebekah Osborn, Emily Peach, Sylvia Thomas, Joshua Powell, Kelsi Walker and her beautiful band, Emily Helton, Grady Milligan, Jordan Brown, Meg & Braden Hinkle-Peoples, as well as Carly Moore, Angie, and all the Grind Culture babes for being the real ones; to Avery Jean Knific, Fred Miller, Allisa Frazier, Austin Webster, Anna Doak, Erik Thein, Jes Nijjer, Frankie Isabel Figuera, and Lauren Stone for taking it to the next level; Amythyst Kiah, Emily Tucker at Secretly Canadian, Mark and the kind folks at Mahogany, 81355, The Palace, Future Friends, Dee at HI-FI, Lucas and the guys at Coming of Age Productions, Jake Huber and the Music in Transit crew for the opportunities; Kaitlyn Murray for proving to me that I do indeed have curly hair and teaching me how to properly diffuse, Bill Mallers for letting Mina borrow your Rhodes, Oliver Riggle for letting me borrow your banjo; to Scout Marks, Donna Riner, Leah Foster, Jen Swim, Marlowe, Ashlynn Beard, Sarah de Rueda, Abby Watson, Tom Day Art, Jingo de la Rosa, Harper Jo Morgan, Sarah Smith and Des, Elysia Smith, Jared & Jenny & Moon Baby Garner, Nat, The Hickmans, The Hartsells, The Hughes, The Livingstons, Kai Ellory, Casper Miller, Kara & Nick Tucker, Ross & Mack for all being in it with me; as well as the beautiful staff at Quill’s Coffee, Healer, HI-FI, Red Lion, 90.1 WFYI, Tonic Ball, Indy Pride, Jailbird, Coat Check, Big Car, Commissary, Barley’s Knoxville, and the Pretentious Beer Co. babes, as well as Creative Mornings, Indy Parks, 99.1 WQRT, Garfield Park Art and Music Festival, Musical Family Tree, White Rabbit, and The Vogue for giving space and love, as well as Carol, P Kitty, Mint, Fake Carol fka “Cow Roll,” the Cameron Street children, Hugo, Brandi Catlile, and you for existing.

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Public Universal Friend is a real life queer goth americana musical force based in Indianapolis, IN founded by songwriter Jody Galadriel Friend.

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