True Trans

"True Trans"
Single by Against Me!
from the album Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Released July 12, 2013
Format Digital, 7" vinyl
Genre Folk punk
Length 6:08
Label Total Treble Music
Writer(s) Laura Jane Grace
Producer(s) Against Me!
Against Me! singles chronology
"Russian Spies / Occult Enemies"
(2011)		 "True Trans"
(2013)		 "Unconditional Love"
(2014)

"True Trans" is an EP from Against Me!, released as a digital single on July 12, 2013, on Total Treble Music. The two songs were made available via an email download link to those who preordered tickets for Laura Jane Grace's August solo tour of the U.S. East Coast, but will be sold on tour as a 7" and through Total Treble mailorder.

The EP was released for free, for a limited time, on Against Me!'s website on July 15, 2013.[1][2]

Background

The EP features two acoustic versions of songs that are expected to appear on Against Me!'s sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, which was released in early 2014. The song "True Trans Soul Rebel" has been played at live shows since May 30, 2012.[3]

The artwork for the EP features Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb from 1991 movie The Silence of the Lambs, who is a male serial killer often wrongly described as transgender.[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Laura Jane Grace, all music composed by Against Me!.

EP
No. Title Length
1. "FUCKMYLIFE666" (acoustic version) 2:53
2. "True Trans Soul Rebel" (acoustic version) 3:15

Personnel

Art and design

See also

References

  1. ↑ "True Trans Acoustic EP – Free Download". Against Me!. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Twitter / LauraJaneGrace: @JamieKimHay Next couple days". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Against Me! Concert Setlist at Ogden Theatre, Denver on May 30, 2012". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  4. ↑ Garber, Marjorie (1997). Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-415-91951-7.