Goth Night/IU: SATURNALIA

Matte Namer (she/they) and Frankie Rex (he/they) began The FMs in 2016, forging a close bond through their respective journeys coming out as transgender and shared love of synthesizers.The next six years saw The FMs create an entire community around their illegal SVBVERT shows on a ferry boat in the industrial canals of Bushwick, where they also recorded and self-produced two full-length LPs "Machinacene Epoch & PINK + BLACK"Before The FMs could celebrate the release of PINK + BLACK, Rex passed away from a fentanyl overdose in 2022. This devastating loss put a years-long pause on the project, but even death ultimately could not stop Frankie’s voice from being heard. Two years later Namer told NY Daily News, “From almost the moment they passed on, I knew this was my responsibility - I had to make sure that this work that they had done, that the world got to hear it and see it.”In 2024, Namer reformed The FMs will a new lineup of trans musicians from Ithaca, NY (Bubba Crumrine - Vox & Guitar, Nicholas Scollard - Drums, Basim Hussain - Synths)
Of 51122, she notes: “I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud and excited for an album release.There’s an identity and flow to these ten songs that feel like our most developed work thus far. It's a bit somber being the last music that will ever be released with Frankie’s incredible, powerful, unique voice. There's something about that that makes me remember they are really gone, like an orchid blooming from a coffin nail. "51122" is the date Frankie passed away, but is also a type of symbol in a way, or perhaps a word. I’m not sure what that meaning is yet, perhaps the orchid needs to grow"

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