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The Striped Bananas

@thestripedbananas.bsky.social

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Psychedelic Rock duo with Female/Male vocals based in CT, USA. Albums on Vinyl & CD ☮️ at https://thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com Tel is a published poet. Duncan is a published speculative fiction writer and member of SFWA. LGBTQ+ allies. Movie enthusiasts.

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 8d

Permanganate purple clouds drift along bubblegum pink skies, lighting pathways through Eternity Forest. If you are reading this, you belong here. 💜LOVE💜
Our new album is out today: thestripedbananas.bandcamp.com/album/eterni...
#vinyl #vinylrecords #musicsky #newmusic #psychedelic #newmusicfriday

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Over the Lily Pads is a wistful yet hopeful psych song. It features slide guitar, acetone organ, and piano. Background: I'd been listening to a lot of Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd when writing it.
Hope you dig 💜💜💜
#newmusic #musicsky #psychedelicrock #hippie #promosky #pinkfloyd

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 7h

Appreciate the kind words 💜💜💜

The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks for the kind words! 💜💜💜

The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, thanks for the kind words Ann! We try to have fun making our videos and I'm glad it comes across ☮️ thanks for listening and supporting us 💜

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Lee @ringo11lee.bsky.social · 1d

New release landed from planet @thestripedbananas.bsky.social today! Looking forward to taking the trip at the weekend! Good work Duncan & @thechompunk.bsky.social for keeping the freak flag flying high!

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

@babbittybabbitt.bsky.social would love to see some of your landscape artwork ok the art hype day in November too

The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! 💜💜💜

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the repost @david-cassette.bsky.social would love to see a Hydrogen tree post on the music hype day (will be announced in Nov) ☮️☮️

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Attention writers, artists, and musicians of uplifting and hopeful works! We're helping run this BlueSky event in November 🌻

#HopePit Community @hopepit.bsky.social · 1d

Let's spin visions of hope & resilience!

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We hope you can JOIN US Nov 9 for #Hopepit, uplifting all types of media under the big #hopepunk & #clifi ⛱️ umbrellas.
Here on 🦋.

#solarpunk #permaculture #hopecore #hope
#WritingCommunity #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic
#WriteSky #Writers #MusicSky

Flier for #Hopepit
Sunday, Nov 9
community connect Nov 5 - 8

🌞🌱 Let’s elevate hope! 🌱🌞

An inclusive community-building hype event for voices of light & vision in the darkness.

Open to creators of all media telling stories of hope, resilience, sustainability, mindfulness, climate change, & collapse navigation

#Hopepit

🌞Use the #Hopepit hashtag to share your pitches, books, videos, articles, and art

🌱We encourage the use of additional tags, like: #hopepunk, #solarpunk, #clifi, #IndigenousFuturism, etc

🌳Not sure which genre? JOIN US anyway!

🌱We 💛 resource sharing & discussion threads!

@hopepit.bsky.social

climate fiction hopecore hopepunk clifi #Climatefiction nomadpunk solarpunk #solarpunk #hopecore indigenous futurism pitch hype permaculture

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 1d

Heyo that flew like lightning across the pond! Always appreciate your support 🙏 enjoy 🌞 💜💜💜

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Risotto @risottodrake.bsky.social · 1d

Hyper quick delivery from Connecticut means I now have the CD of @thestripedbananas.bsky.social new album, Eternity Forest. And it's even gorgeouser in the flesh!
Thanks, Duncan & Tel 🍌

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WAPJ | Torrington Community Radio @wapjradio.bsky.social · 1d

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much ✌️ 💜💜💜

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Nice and cool here in CT 🍂

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Very cool!

The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Great one!

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

#killertunes
#musicchallenge

October 9) Vampire Gang - Near Dark

Vampire of Mine
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#Psychedelic #Grunge #musicsky

Hear the vampire call your name, wearing the white dress of death

She's swaying in the endless sky, freeing stars from her perfume

Vampire of Mine - The Striped Bananas - 2025 Psychedelic Grunge

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Wildcard pick = Al Stewart
Every song of his is a story filled with imagery, metaphors, and history.

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Acid Crab @acidcrab.bsky.social · 2d

Will there ever be options for signed vinyls? 🙂🦀

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Great question! We will sign any order if requested at no extra charge. Simply add in a message when placing your order or email us after ordering :) [email protected]

The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

This is so neat!

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

I'll have to pick up some of your books! You should join our @hopepit.bsky.social hype event in November #hopepit ☮️☮️☮️

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 2d

Our songs Kaleidoscope Affair, Magenta Dream, and Over the Lily Pads made their US radio debut on Chris' show tonight. Thanks so much Chris! ☮️☮️☮️
#musicsky #indie

WAPJ | Torrington Community Radio @wapjradio.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight on #Torrington #CommunityRadio WAPJ.org, Connecticut’s BEST NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO STATION, tune to No Commercial Potential for cool Rock ‘n’ Pop, like Laura Nyro for my 30th wedding anniversary, #TheStripedBanan #FZ & live #BÖC on #vinyl, & #newmusic by #Geese #ChicksOnSpeed & #supermodel*!

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The Striped Bananas @thestripedbananas.bsky.social · 3d

This is great - I hope you can join @hopepit.bsky.social in November #hopepit

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