Nick Shirley (Fan page) on Instagram: "As a native, these figures are hitting me hard. Forget Minnesota for a second; the financial holes in California are *massive*. We’re staring down **$32.6 BILLION** in confirmed unemployment insurance fraud, plus **1.2 MILLION** fake community college applications floating around. And the most shocking part? **$24 BILLION** allocated for the homeless crisis seems to have evaporated—where is the proof of work on that, or even that decades-long train project?

Sparrow Smith on Instagram: "One part of me is excited to travel around the country and play music for folks and see my friends. Another part of me is staring imminent doom in the face with the mess my country is in. This song captures that array of feelings with some Appalachian psych folk vibes. We’re heading south tomorrow, knowing that music is healing and gathering together is important. We’ll have a trio with bass for the whole tour, and fiddle for the first week and in the Pacific Northwe