Springtime Updates 🌼
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Hi Dreamers,
Welcome to the latest instalment of Daydream Trash.
LATEST
New ACTORS material is out! The dark, driving, new single is called ‘CTRL’ and will find a home on our upcoming third album 'Our Love Will Live Forever’ —to be released on Artoffact Records this coming fall.
The new video for said song was directed by our friend Max Train and produced by Ramble Films. Adam has a most excellent cameo behind the bar, watch below:
I also designed a new shirt for the occasion!
We have some tour plans on the books for Europe, the UK, and Canada in September and October, where will we see you? A little birdie also told me that we will be back in the USA spring 2027, so stay tuned for that announcement too.
MEMENTOS
I added a new collectible, signed Polaroid on Bandcamp from the ‘Crash’ video clip. I love how the surface of the glasses came out crystal clear, with no reflection from the surrounding environment. No small feat. Grab yours at the button below.
FASCINATION
The year got off to a rocky start for me and my family so I’ve been allowing myself to drift a little bit while things get back on track. I’ve been getting into some different activities such as:
Polymer Clay! Maybe you remember this crafty medium from grade school, sculpting rubbery figures like Gumby and Pokey.
I had to sculpt a bit of polymer clay for the Head on my Twin Peaks Christmas tree, and I’m kind of addicted now. My Red Room diorama—which includes a hand-painted zig-zag floor and red velvet curtain, was recently adopted by a fellow Twin Peaks fan in Ohio (Thanks so much Colette! ❤️).
One of my current clay projects is to make a name tag for my pup Mary, here’s a blurry but aesthetically pleasing preview. I’ll show you more once I get it baked and installed on her collar.
I had a hard time with my health this winter so my songwriting goals fell by the wayside. Rather than beat myself up for not writing a single song in 4 months, I got serious about a diagnosis and discovered that my blood was almost completely depleted of its iron stores. No wonder! After my treatment, I am feeling much better and more creative as a result. I recently visited Jason’s guitar pedal wall at the studio and selected Keeley’s Loomer pedal to play around with. It sounds fuzzy, swirly, very My Bloody Valentine-esque, (Loomer takes its name from a MBV song, after all) so this feels like a nice place to start. Also—Hooray for iron supplements! I no longer feel like a vampire who has not fed in a century.
I recently had the opportunity to customize my friend Rusky’s denim jacket with the Blade Runner origami unicorn. It’s a little tricky to photograph, but it has an icy cool blue-green colour shift on the design surface. As you can see, Mary is on quality control inspection, and it passed with a play bow!
Lastly, have you tried wearing blue?! I’m usually a black clothes kind of girl, but I’m really feeling the colour blue lately. Someone pointed out that I looked like Steve Zissou from the Life Aquatic and now I can’t un-see it.
NEXT TIME
I’m excited to be launching an accessories brand called, you guessed it—Daydream Trash, and there’s another new ACTORS single on the way next month. Much excite. Until next time.
xx
Shannon
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First off, so happy to hear you got a good diagnosis that had a simple solution. 2nd, love your creative side hustles. Finally, I can't wait to hear more from the little birdie. Take care and thank you!
Can’t wait for the accessories brand! Glad to hear your blood is feeling happier as well. Nothing worse than feeling tired all the time!