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Here at These Stains Enterprises, we take every ridiculous idea very seriously. So when Andrew said “let’s make a choose-your-own-adventure album,” we had no choice but to comply to the fullest extent possible. And so, we are proud to present our next project, The Concert: An Interactive Aural Odyssey. 30-ish songs. Branching storylines. Dozens of…
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Will the Salted and Unsalted butter settle their differences? How will Jessica handle the shocking news? All this and more steamy, melty action next time, on Butter Island! I guess Andrew was watching Love Island and wrote some music in the style of the theme song? Well we reverse-engineered a promo for our new hit…
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That’s right, our Yuletide classic “Christmas In Hell” is now available on all major streaming services! Give it a listen at bit.ly/stains-xmas or wherever you listen to music!

These Stains are BACK and ready to rock the best venue in Boston: Ben’s Living Room! We’ll be livestreaming an evening of new songs, classics, and covers on Saturday, December 10th at 7:30pm ET. You can tune in at twitch.tv/thesestains – subscribe to get notified when we go live! – or join the Facebook event.…
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Elon’s gonna blow up Twitter. Mark is gonna blow up Meta. And if our new song is actually a prophecy, Jeff’s space program might just blow up the moon itself. “Blew Up The Moon” is an imagined retelling of the romance between a billionaire, his lost love, and the space program that would save it…
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This Halloween, These Stains has some treats (and also some tricks) for you! Let the haunting orchestration of “The Tate of the Smell of a Horse” bury you to the deepest (cheese) cave of your darkest fears. And prepare to get right frightened as you stroll down “Spooky Street,” an instrumental with a scary surprise.…
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Can’t make it to our Porchfest set? You can check out our practice concert from this past weekend! We held a party for some friends and played them some tunes. It was a blast, and we mostly remembered how to play everything! Come for the BRAND NEW SONG we revealed, stay for our very good…
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These Stains are excited to be playing live again! We’ve done a few open mics here and there, but otherwise our EP Release/Quarantine Livestream was our last big “concert.” Which is why we’re incredibly excited to be playing again at Somerville Porchfest on Saturday, May 14, 2022! Join us and over a hundred other musical…
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It’s finally here! Firesword 2 is now available for your listening pleasure on Bandcamp and all streaming services. Journey underground to a world of talking animals, tyrannical rulers, and epic battles in this “sequel” to our epic prog-rock tale. Firesword 2 by These Stains Are Who I Am We had a blast at our premier…
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That’s right, it’s actually happening! Firesword 2 – the continuation of our epic prog-rock journey – will be released on 2/22/22 (“Firesword TWOsday”). You can pre-order it now on Bandcamp and pre-save it on Spotify right now. It’ll be available on all streaming services on 2/22. Want to listen along with us? Join us for…
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