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Palm Release Benefit Shirt For Bushfire Relief Efforts in Australia

By on February 17, 2020

Japanese band PALM have released a T-shirt with Scrotal Records benefitting those fighting the Australia wildfires:

“PALM has a great affinity with Australia & it is like a second home to us. Australia was the first country internationally that PALM ever played, & in 2012 we spent a month touring around all the states & territories. We have made so many great mates there & it is where our 5th member, Will, was born & raised. I wanted to do something to assist the bushfire recovery effort so after consulting with Will we decided to make this shirt. Will & Glenno have known each other for ages, & Glenno even designed a shirt for us for our last Australian tour. Unfortunately, the timing didn’t work out & the design went unused, so I really wanted to work with him on this project.

When we received the email with the design, Glenno added:

“There’s lots of TV vision of kangaroos escaping across the land. They are fast – unlike the koalas and tree-bound animals… Kangaroos may have been the only animals with any chance at all.

Some of these fires have moved at speeds of 60 kilometers an hour. I chose this because it shows a mother and joey kangaroo like ghosts – dead, but not defeated.

“NOT DEFEATED ＝ 決して負けない

We all have our day to day grind, but now more than ever we need to take a second to stop & think, even just a little. I sincerely hope that our small action can make a difference.
Toshi Takahashi – PALM / Vo

Australia is beautiful & harsh – both it’s landscape & people. Many communities have felt the harsher side of things more than ever with the recent & ongoing bushfires.

Although to varying degrees, both rural & city people have felt the effect of these raging & unprecedented fires.

Our government has done a pretty shitty job of taking any real action and it has been left to regular people to volunteer their time, money & skills to pick up the slack & protect our country – home to many unique flora, fauna & humans.

Aside from those on the frontline, many bands & artists have been donating proceeds from merch & relief shows. It is with both pride and embarrassment (that my own government refuses to do more) to announce that some of my dearest & darkest friends, PALM, from Osaka are releasing a t-shirt in collaboration with the one & only GLENNO – with all money raised going to bushfire relief.

Being no strangers to natural disasters, Toshi & PALM asked me to coordinate this fundraising collaboration with Glenno so that they could give back to a country and scene that they love & has always supported them.

Will de Monchaux – SCROTAL RECORDS / ex-PALM”

Ordering is as follows:

Australian order → https://scrotalrecords.bandcamp.com/…/glenno-x-palm-collabo…

Japanese order → https://palmjp.thebase.in

Palm is one of many Asian initiatives to support Australia. Here are a few others who have helped out from the Asian hardcore region:

  1. Dagger [Hong Kong] X Worldwide Underground
    https://uniteasia.org/uniteasia-org-collab-worldwide-underground-release-wildfire-benefit-track/
  2. Singapore’s Disrupt Co. organized a benefit show in Singapore
    https://uniteasia.org/friends-singapore-disrupt-co-organize-benefit-show-australian-wildlife/
  3. Singapore hardcore band Remnants raise funds through their music online
    https://uniteasia.org/singapore-hardcore-band-remnants-raise-funds-assist-australia/

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