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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    In her debut collection, Buick Audra revisits events that have shaped her relationship with her own voice, literal and figurative. The essays are companion pieces to the compositions on her third album, Conversations with My Other Voice. Between the music and the prose, the audience is given an intimate look into the life of a woman in music. The book comes with a download of the album as well as a custom bookmark. Buick will sign all books purchased here.

    "On the pages of Conversations with My Other Voice, Buick Audra proves adept at handling the fallout associated with a dysfunctional childhood, while coping with the rigors of finding her voice as a multi-media artist in a world where self-acceptance is challenged on a daily basis. The result of which undertaking is the writer's hard-won right to identify as an independent woman who is blessed with the yearning to create meaningful art."

    Rodney Crowell, Musician & Author

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    1. Conversations with My Other Voice: Essays - In her debut collection, Buick Audra revisits events that have shaped her relationship with her own voice, literal and figurative. The essays are companion pieces to the compositions on her third album, Conversations with My Other Voice. Between the music and the prose, the audience is given an intimate look into the life of a woman in music.


    Published September 23, 2022 / 204 pages

    The signed book comes with a download of the album as well as a custom bookmark!

    2. MASS: Essays on Memory, Language, & the State of Massachusetts - In her second collection, Buick Audra dives into the dark blue waters of her memory to deliver a body of work about her adolescence and early adulthood in Massachusetts. She swims between formative friendship dynamics, collaborations, and the music scene that shaped her early career. The essays serve as companion pieces to the songs of the third Friendship Commanders album, MASS. Between the music and the prose, Buick demonstrates that putting new language around older experiences can sometimes change the narrative entirely.

    Published September 29, 2023 / 202 pages

    The signed book comes with a download of the album as well as a hand-rendered cyanotype bookmark, also signed!

    *If you would like the books signed to someone other than the purchaser, please send a note along with the order!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more
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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    A collection of essays related to Buick Audra's album, Conversations with My Other Voice, plus the Tramp T (photo by Gregg Roth; design by Buick). Comes with a download of the new album and a custom bookmark!

    T sizes XS-3X!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    A collection of essays related to Buick Audra's album, Conversations with My Other Voice, plus the Chair T. Comes with a download of the new album and a custom bookmark!

    T sizes XS-3X!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Shirt + Digital Album

    Black t-shirt with white ink graphic of Buick Audra as the Tramp. Photo by Gregg Roth; design by Buick. Comes with a download of her new album, Conversations with My Other Voice - out September 23rd. Shirts will ship when the album is out.

    Available in sizes XS-3X!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • T-Shirt/Shirt + Digital Album

    Black t-shirt with white ink graphic of Buick Audra's chair. Comes with a download of her new album, Conversations with My Other Voice - out September 23rd. Shirts will ship when the album is out.

    Available in sizes XS-3X!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Conversations with My Other Voice via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

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    Get all 9 Buick Audra releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Conversations with My Other Voice, Lullaby of Loathing, Maybe I'll Fly Instead, All My Failures, Brother Blue, Genevieve, Family Album, Singer, and 1 more. , and , .

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lyrics

where we left off, you were hostage
to a bad situation you’d held onto for years
your whole life up to that point

you couldn’t stop choosing damage
over safety and sanity, you didn’t want to hear
you had the right to make a new choice

you were holding yourself to impossible standards
beating yourself up each time you fell
taking it all in as part of you
looking for ways to forgive the others
trying to find the good, but never in yourself
living with the pain like it was truth
you didn’t know until you did, but now you do
didn’t know until you did, but now you do

where we left off, I was angry
at myself and anyone who ever dared get close
I was tired of bearing the weight

then there was you, my accomplice
my friend, my other, my voice
and I just left, leaving you to feel betrayed

you were holding yourself to impossible standards
beating yourself up each time you fell
taking it all in as part of you
looking for ways to forgive the others
trying to find the good, but never in yourself
living with the pain like it was truth
you didn’t know until you did, but now you do
didn’t know until you did, but now you do

did I never tell you you’re okay?
did I never thank you, never get the chance say—
stop holding yourself to impossible standards
beating yourself up each time you fall
taking it all in as part of you
look for the ways to forgive the others
try to find the good, but give it to yourself
hey, you survived and that’s the truth
I didn’t know until I did, but now I do
I didn’t know until I did, but now I do
but now I do

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from Conversations with My Other Voice, released September 23, 2022

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Buick Audra Nashville, Tennessee

Buick Audra is a Grammy-award-winning musician and writer living in Nashville, TN. She is the guitarist and primary songwriter and vocalist in the melodic heavy duo, Friendship Commanders. Her new album and corresponding memoir, Conversations with My Other Voice, were released on September 23rd, 2022. ... more

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