Been home from movie tour for a few days and have been thinking about the experience a lot. This whole thing has felt like a spiritual release or something. I will also say that movie theater screens seem much larger when your own enormous face is stretched across them. I recommend sitting in the back if you ever find yourself in this situation.

The Pain And The Power is a film about my life, addiction, recovery, family, and career, but it is also a celebration of 30 years of collaboration. None of this happened without other people. Countless musicians, producers, filmmakers, photographers, directors, designers, managers, labels, publicists, venues, promoters, journalists, friends and absolute weirdos have been making things with me since I started releasing music and putting out videos back in 1998. Some of those people are still in my life. Some I haven’t seen in decades. Many are gone. But the things we made together are out here, still finding people.

This film brought 30 years of those collaborations into one place and it made me feel really proud of all of us. What a fucking gift. I’m so grateful. 💙

I left Kill Rock Stars last year to build and launch an LGBTQ+ label imprint under the KNIK Records umbrella — PortuGAY. It’s Pride month and I am proud to announce that we are live!

The PortuGAY division of KNIK Records spans genres and aims to platform LGBTQ+ voices during a time when Queer, Trans and two-spirited artists are being dropped by their labels, silenced by the media, attacked by their fellow citizens, and dehumanized by government leaders. This label believes in the inherent value of these artists and voices, and knows that society improves when LGBTQ+ people are happy, safe, loved, celebrated, and at the big table where we belong.

The first official release under PortuGAY at KNIK is my new record, The Pain And The Power, which is also the soundtrack to an incoming documentary by Cai Indermaur about my life, addiction, recovery, and career, headed your way this fall. Info about the album as well as tickets for advance screenings of The Pain And The Power are on sale now at ThePainAndThePower.gay

Thank you to Portugal. The Man for believing in this project and to the team at KNIK / Secretly Canadian for being a bunch of baddies.

New music headed your way in a few short weeks! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️