Last night Bay Area shoegazer’s, Whirr posted scathing comments about the trans-feminist punk-outfit, G.L.O.S.S. on Twitter.  Not long after the onslaught of transphobic-insults breached the lines of the popular social-media site, the band’s record label, Run For Cover followed with a formal-statement issuing Whirr‘s contractual release.

While well-known for their fondly-familiar shoegaze-sound in the vain of such bands as: My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Ride, these San Francisco players will now be looking for a new home to house their material.

Although the original tweet-thread, hatefully-aimed at the Sadie Switchblade led punk-troop, G.L.O.S.S. has since been removed, here is what the members of Whirr posted:

 Lol @ G.L.O.S.S.

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 17, 2015

@toothlessmile there is literally nothing not hilarious about that “band”.

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 16, 2015

@samufiser misogyny is hating women.  g.l.o.s.s. Is just a bunch of boys running around in panties making shitty music.

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 19, 2015

After delivering disparaging statements about the band, Whirr switched gears into issues on suicide:

@briannaocs we could put on dresses.

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 20, 2015

@elohellie lol attempting suicide.  If you’re gonna do it, do it right the first time.

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 20, 2015

@elohellie @ShieldExhile nah, that’s an actual stance on suicide.  My mom committed suicide why can’t all these trans kids get it right?

– Whirr(@free_whirl) October 20, 2015

Having gained a distinct-reputation for their aggressive approach on social-media in the past, founding guitarist, Nick Bassett has displayed his perspective on how this negative-image might effect record sales:

“I’d be stoked that we didn’t suck anyone’s dick as a band and were just real dudes being real.  If we weren’t selling records anymore, that would be a wrap for us.”

The band’s most current negative behavior has caused both Run For Cover and Graveface to drop them from their label and alienate them from any known-association altogether:

We as individuals and as a label are accepting of all people and require the same from the bands and people we work with…

— Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015

 

We will not be working with Whirr from this point on and do not support that behavior in anyway. We will post a full statement tomorrow. — Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015

G.L.O.S.S. is awesome and crucially important and we need more bands like them.

— Run For Cover (@rfcrecords) October 20, 2015

 

According to Nick Bassett, the damaging tweets were produced by a friend of the bands’ who allegedly had access to their Twitter account.  The bassist states he will handle all of Whirr‘s social-media affairs from here on out.