Amoeba Music

Riot grrrl and DIY punk legends heavens to betsy (Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney and Tracy Sawyer of The Husbands) will sign their new album baby's gone (out 10/16 via Kill Rock Stars) at Amoeba SF on Sunday, October 18th at 2pm! baby's gone, their first project since 1994, is a 16-track mission statement comprised of a never-before-heard demo tape, plus the 1993 These Monsters Are Real and the 1994 Direction 7” recordings. Purchase baby's gone or or calculated (reissue) at Amoeba SF to attend the signing.

More than three decades after they founded heavens to betsy, Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer still have something important to say.

Just as riot grrrl punk rock and feminism pushed for inclusivity, bodily autonomy, and gender equality in the early-to-mid ‘90s, there is arguably an even greater need for the scene to rematerialize in an age where women’s voting rights and healthcare access are under siege, as is the safety of any marginalized community. Now, the longtime friends and musicians have answered the call by reuniting as heavens to betsy, the DIY punk project they famously founded back in the riot grrrl halcyon days, among like-minded Olympia artists in Bikini Kill, Team Dresch, and Bratmobile.

The title baby's gone, adopted from the ruminative, distortion-heavy title track, acts as a mission statement for heavens to betsy, applicable in each of its incarnations, regardless of era. Lyrics across the project illustrate such passion and defiance at the injustice that pervades every corner of our society. The title track looks closer to home, portraying a place where shame overrides pleasure and daughters grow isolated by secrets they wouldn’t dare reveal. I grew up in your house/ I grew up with your rules/ I know sex is what I shouldn't do/ I know what I can't tell you… Your baby girl's gone away/ Your baby grew up today/ I did what you told me to do/ Now I'm dead... Goodbye.