A DRUNK HISTORY OF AS IT IS.
the definitive history told whilst drunk (not patty obvs)
OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF of crazy stories, nonsense and lore.
excited that after a re-edit we can finally share this with you.
it gets messy.
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/\\\\/ THE SELF TITLED ALBUM.
JULY 17.
This is AS IT IS. The band. The album.
A love letter to healing, the spirit of this band and you, the fans and people that mean this album even exists.
Pre-orders are available now through FLG records.
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Van Gogh died broke because nobody wanted his paintings. He sold maybe one during his entire life. The art world thought his style was too immature. His brother Theo, an art dealer, kept him alive by sending money constantly.
When Van Gogh passed in 1890, his brother, Theo died just six months later. That left Theo's wife Jo as a 28 year old widow with a baby and about 900 paintings nobody wanted, plus hundreds of letters.
Here's what actually mattered. Van Gogh had written hundred of letters letters to Theo and Jo explaining individual paintings and his life as an artist. He told them the stories behind each work, what he was trying to express, what each one meant to him.
After both brothers died, Jo remembered these letters and published them.
That's what made him famous. People could read Van Gogh's own words about each painting. The works stopped being random art and became stories he had experienced. The paintings got context directly from him explaining what he was doing. Jo gave the world Van Gogh's voice attached to his work.
By the time she died in 1925, he had gone from total unknown to art historical icon.
It’s been a crazy year for /\\\. We didn’t know what the future would hold but this year showed us that all the work that went into coming back was worth it. Thank you to everyone who made this year so special. 2026 gonna be even bigger.