A gunman killed 35-year-old August Golden in an unprovoked shooting during a show last Friday. Friends say he “embodied the values that our world of DIY punk rock hopes to embody and hold”
At the time, Golden was reappraising his life. Purcell characterizes Golden’s relationship with music as being more of a support role, so they were excited to see him step into the spotlight. He had been grieving over the recent deaths of a friend who died by suicide and his father, so the band was therapeutic. Purcell cites the song “Crows” as feeling especially meaningful, with Golden writing, “All your words are in my head/And all your crows are still left unfed.
Golden wanted to move to a strong community, his friends believe, after his father died. He had been living in New Orleans before moving to Minneapolis, and he and Purcell, who lived in Chattanooga, had bonded over the tension they felt in the South. They appreciated how welcoming Minneapolis seemed, and how it felt safer and more inclusive than their previous locale. May, who’d already been living in Minneapolis, felt neutral about the city until Golden arrived and refreshed him.
“It was a choice, since he enjoyed doing it, but it was also an ethos,” they continue. “It was about taking care of each other and taking care of things. He wasn’t just helpful to be helpful; he really believed in mutual aid and community and taking care of each other. He was inspired by that, and we were inspired by him doing that.”
“We had plans,” Purcell says. “The last time we spoke with August, we were like, ‘Yo, let’s name our record this,’ and ‘We’re going to record it in September,’ and ‘We’re gonna have it out by our West Coast tour in winter.’ My life was set up around this person, so this is a tragedy that’s going to rock so many things in one way, and in another, all my plans revolved around them.”
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