r/FolkPunk

I'm taking AP Art this year and my theme is how music change my beliefs and perspective. I wanna include folk punk themes and symbolism and wanna to ask if y'all had any suggestions or references for me to use. I really wanna make the culture a spot light of the drawings so I thought y'all would have some input! ♡

I've been listening to folk punk for about six years now, but I live in a pretty big city in Europe, so I feel isolated from the community there's in the states. So there goes my first question: do any of you know about a folk punk scene in Europe (specifically Spain)? Is there anyone from Europe in this sub? (please reach out so I feel less alone haha)

I would say I have a pretty normal lifestyle (graduated last year, staying in my city to go to college, planing on hitting the road once I graduate though), but I try to keep a mindset and treat people and things in a way that aligns with folk punk and solarpunk if that makes sense.

For example, I try to keep repairing my clothes until they're almost unrepairable, avoid shopping at certain places (shein, temu, indietex, you know the rest), build community through volunteering (this one's being HARD), talk to people with an open mind, have brutally honest conversations, make music and zines... And also (this is related to folk punk imo) I'm going to try to pursue a job in nature conservation.

So yeah, this is what try to do and sometimes forget or fail, but I keep trying. I wanted to know what other things you do to live a life somehow aligned with folk punk if you don't have the "typical" extreme on the road lifestyle

I want to know your picks. I am getting back into folk punk after snoozing on it science the Plan-it-X days. Who are the current titans of the genre that are touring and releasing new stuff regularly? Thanks!

Its a wide mix, but I never thought id hear "Dust in a Baggie" over the airwaves and he played it earlier, so i figured id share with this sub. Check it out and support a cool mfer.

https://khns.org/player/listen-live-mobile/

Edit: shows over! This was my first time listening myself, but enjoyed it a ton. Gonna do the same thing next week! Appreciate you all.

Anyone got recs for modern streetgrass? Is anyone even really doing this style anymore? I'm thinking like the Farmageddon sound and .357 String Band especially. The closest I've heard recently is Big Richard - Pet which came out earlier this year and is awesome, so check them if you haven't heard em yet. But yeah otherwise haven't heard a ton.

Current favorites: Abby Webster, montvales, two runner, and bronwyn keith-hynes

Anyone else enjoy these artist or are on a similar trend? Please share your favorites!

I never expected that the person i share the most music with these days is my mom

Hey guys, long time lurker. Burner for obvious reasons. 23M

It pays my bills, high paying job for the area, and I got it through plain luck. (2020s recession 🙄)

Background on Me:

I’ve lived most of my life in a mixture of poverty, unsteady living, and abuse. As I believe most of us have experienced, even secondhand. I think I turned out okay in the long run, because I try to do what I can to make people happy in some way.

I volunteer. I carry food in my bag to give out, even if I’m on the clock. I do my best to not just be another asshole if ykwim.

The short of it is: I’ve been through a lot, and I don’t want to be one to add to others plates.

Now to explain my job. I’m an armed security guard. I carry handcuffs, OC spray, and body armor. I have people mistake me for a cop on the daily if you need a better image.

My whole job is to protect private property from “trespassers” and “loiterers”. For a long time I suppressed the feelings by saying that I was there for the employees more than anything, and to protect them if it was necessary. I also told myself that if it wasn’t me, it was just going to be some asshole posted there.

I see and deal with people on the daily that have struggles I couldn’t even imagine, and I’m supposed to tell them not to rest, or that they can’t have food that’s going to be thrown out. I’ve managed so far to let people have water for free, since I convinced management it was “cheap goodwill”.

Not because it was right. Not because it was kind. Not because it’s been over 100 degrees in some places for 2 weeks straight. Because it was “cheap goodwill”. I can’t suppress my morality anymore.

I feel like a massive poser for even working my job, and the other part of me just wants to do something else, something that would really help people.

In the long term, I would like to have gone into the medical field, or into being a firefighter, because I’d actually like to make a difference.

But, as of recent, I’ve also been getting more and more into the legal side of politics, labor, and similar subjects. I’ve always had a vested interest, as well as intermediate knowledge on said issues, to the point of citing them in some casual debates.

What I’m trying to get at, is that I need a change. I want to change things for people, but I’m near clueless on how to start. Resources would be welcome if someone has any.

TLDR: poverty as a kid, near poverty as an adult, working armed security, morally conflicted due to “job needs” vs “being a better person”, clueless on where to start digging.

Edit: Hey guys, I thoroughly appreciate all the responses I got, including the downvoted ones.

This was mostly something to vent and maybe pick up a couple resources along the way, and I have. I don’t feel as alone as I did before it was made.

I will be putting in my immediate notice when I find something better, and more moral. Much love, and thank you. Do what you can when you can!

# I.

Came inside a cops wife, call it a lawful discharge.

If you're anything but white

Then it just is the truth.

Getting beat or getting swiss cheesed is just a maybe or a might

# II.

And I suppose you gotta be a little crazy to believe, that we can be free but I'm insane

And I'm not alone, no I'm not alone no no

# III.

Snitching isn't punk rock, and ditching dope is so folk punk, but I'm off Maeng Da and skunk

Over the mound we ascend

Over the tears over beers

Over the cascading years

# IV.

Got 86ed for baking grits in my Mighty once again

But we aren't compost yet

Mostly I'm alone, getting by and getting ready to get stoned in my own home

# V.

I'm not sure that we are what we eat

But I'm pretty sure we smell like what we do

So I might smell like hash when I been stuffing it up

My damn caboose

My damn caboose

# VI.

I fell in love again that time that you said “fuck every cop who ever beat his wife”

And “we should cut down every flock camera tonight"

And “fuck all the alphabets, they're endlessly spying”

# VII.

I know they took our payment for the mass surveillance and we're running out of time

And so we'll try

To avoid the phones

But then we're always alone

Got tix to catch Doom Scroll in Brattleboro on the 29th this month then Apes in September up In Burlington
What a Perfect end to the summer