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JER (They/Them)
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JER. 30 y/o music composer, performer, educator, and CEO of SKA 🏁// They/Them 🏳️‍⚧️
Debut Record “Bothered / Unbothered - JER” out now via Bad Time Records
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✨🍊ORANGE COUNTY🍊✨
✨☀️🌴CALIFORNIA🌴☀️✨
‼️⚠️LESS THAN 30 TICKETS⚠️‼️
this one is gonna sell out before you know it! Don’t sleep and miss your chance to get a ticket! 👀 what are tou waiting for www.jer.band
Picture of JER and Em on stage, bending over backwards. JER is holding a microphone and em is playing the saxophone Black flyer with white border. Colorful Text up top reads “JER band in SoCal” and under that is orange text that says “with matamoska - Omnigone” Graphic of squiggly dudes and shapes sit in the middle. Under are 3 white blotches with text in the middle Each one reads 12.12 / Fullerton CA / Programme skate 12.13 / San Diego CA / Che cafe 12.14 / Los Angeles CA / The echo / JER only Text at the bottom reads www.jer.band
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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FIRST SHOW ANNOUNCE FOR 2026!

one of my favorite shows I’ve played was STOOPFEST, and the JER BAND IS RETURNING!!! This line up is FUCKIN STACKED! I’ve wanted to share the stage with so many of these bands for the longest time!

You can get yr 🎟️ NOW at www.stoopfest.org
Black and white image of JER jumping on stage, but JER is in full color. To the left is text that reads “the JER band is returning to…” and under JER is a logo for STOOPFEST Stoopfest flyer. The flyer is a dark green background with the dates may 8-9 in the top left corner and the location landing MI in the top right. The stoopfest logo sits centered at the top, stylized with seaweed, coral, and bubbles. Underneath is the list of bands THE HOTELIER (CHRISTIAN HOLDEN SOLO) PINKSHIFT JER FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE BROOK PRIDEMORE•GREY MATTER GULLY BOYS HUMMUSVACUUM •JUNE HENRY LAURA STEVENSON NANA GRIZOL• OPEN MIKE EAGLE PIGEON PIT RENT STRIKE TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD DANA SKULLY AND THE TIGER SHARKS DOOM SCROLL •FREEZING COLD ENDLESS MIKE AND THE BEAGLE CLUB •FROG LEGS• GLEN HELL BEACH HIT LIKE A GIRL®KAT AND THE HURRICANE LOCAL NEWS LEGEND MR MICHAEL MOTORCYCLE MT ORIANDER MUSTSEETEEVEE•PACING RATWYFE•RINBOSSANOVA•SPUD BUGS STOREY LITTLETON TAMI HARD THE LAST ARIZONA THE OFFICIAL BARD OF BALDWIN COUNTY The bottom is a link that reads stoopfest.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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‼️CAPITALISM BREEDS DEVASTATION‼️
Tee shirt based off the JER song of the same title.
Every order is helping pay off expenses from touring, recording, and surviving capitalism 🫠🫠🫠
S - 5XL available
Select sizes running low 👀
Get yours at www.jer.band
Capitalism breeds devastation design. The top reads JER in a stylized font. Image features a burning cop car, protesters in the back, and factories in the background with smoke rising from chimneys. The smoke spells out “capitalism breeds devastation” Picture of JER with their hands in their pocket looking up, wearing the capitalism breeds devastation shirt Picture of em smiling with their eyes closed, looking up. They’re wearing the capitalism breeds devastation shirt Screenshot of the JER / skatune network webstore. The url www.skatunenetwork.com sits at the top. The black top has the menu bar to the left, the JER logo and skatune network logo in the center, the search button and cart icon to the right. Under that is the mock up of the capitalism breeds devastation shirt. Under that is the name JER and the text “capitalism breeds devastation tee”
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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When you’re a ska musician in Florida, but this cold front finally brings you the Midwest emo fall™

Claim Yr True Feelings, Wounded Child. This track is off my record 💔Death of the heart💔 which came out back in August! Give it a listen if u haven’t!
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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More books to talk about! This is no way a full comprehensive list of everything I’ve read. I feel like these books just had a bigger impact on me than most! HAPPY READING for the books and HAPPY LISTENING for those going to check out DEATH OF THE HEART
A black bar with white text sits on the left. The text reads at a 90 degree angle “death of the heart. Essential reading list. To the right is a picture of the cover of freedom is a constant struggle by Angela Davis A black bar with white text sits on the left. The text reads at a 90 degree angle “death of the heart. Essential reading list. To the right is a picture of the cover of assata: an autobiography A black bar with white text sits on the left. The text reads at a 90 degree angle “death of the heart. Essential reading list. To the right is a picture of the cover of Daniel Immerwwahr’s “how to hide an enpire”. Theo cover is cream, and includes a shillouette on the United States overshadowing all of the islands that fell under the empire A black bar with white text sits on the left. The text reads at a 90 degree angle “death of the heart. Essential reading list. To the right is a picture of the cover of all about love by bell hooks
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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I MADE A DEATH OF THE HEART READING LIST
it’s no secret that the record has deep political themes interwoven into the songs. If the lyrics of this record resonated with you, here’s some books that really shaped much of my politic, and by proxy shaped the themes of DEATH OF THE HEART
Selfie of JER holding 3 books Picasso-inspired art of a broken heart. There’s one eye on the right side with tears coming from it. The death of the heart text sits above and below it with JER signed over the word heart in yellow Graphic of JER performing live placed in a magazine style layout, with titles up top and paragraphs at the bottom A black bar with white text sits on the left. The text reads at a 90 degree angle “death of the heart. Essential reading list. To the right is a picture of the cover of the autobiography of Malcolm X
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Speaking of, first 5x5 with Qobuz linked to my last.fm account 🙂‍↕️ happy *saturday* 5x5 to those who celebrate
A 5x5 grid of varying album covers. At the bottom of each album cover is an overlay that says the artist and album name
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Wanna highlight these patches. There’s 10 left.

I’ve been asked about patches for the longest time and here they are!

Add a patch to your order of a shirt or maybe shorts or maybe a poster 👀 we got lots of merch we wanna get rid of! Every order is a huge support!
Www.jer.band
JER taking a selfie, smiling and holding a JER patch above their head A picture of Jer’s hand holding up a JER patch. The patch is black cloth with a white print. The print is the JER tag logo
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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I couldn’t afford to hire someone to design my merch, so I used AI and here’s how….
……
I used my

ACTUAL
INTELLIGENCE

I learned photoshop and developed a skill. That’s what makes art cool as hell. And I ate with my first shirt design lowkey 👀 you can own this shirt too! Buy it via www.jer.band
Death of the heart shirt design. Black bold text reads “DEATH” up top and “of the heart” at the bottom. A minimal design features a broken heart woven through the DEATH text up top. A yellow closed eye has blue tears falling from it. A yellow JER signature sits over the word heart Picture of JER standing throwing up 2 peace signs. They’re wearing the white death of the heart shirt A picture of JER wearing the white death of the heart shirt, lowering their sunglasses to look at the camera
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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MERCH STORE UPDATE! We finally have *ALL* of our merch up on the store from our fall tour. Some sizes are fully sold out, but lots of different designs up!

Likewise to before, every sale is going toward paying off past tour expenses and cost from recording the record! Www.skatunenetwork.com
Graphic of JER merch laid out the top reads “leftover JER merch” with the JER heart logo in the center. Under it is the spread of merch. The descendents rip is in the top left, JER heart logo shorts in the top center, the tune it out shirt in the top right. The bottom left is the capitalism breeds devastation shirt, bottom center is the white death of the heart shirt, and bottom right is the I’m still bothered shirt. The bottom center has a JER logo patch. To the right of that is a blue circle with text that reads “shirts, patches, shorts” and to the right is a green circle that says “s - 5XL” The bottom right has the url www.jer.band
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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JUST ANNOUNCED! FINAL SHOWS OF THE YEAR!

The JER band in SOCAL!

with MATAMOSKA & OMNIGONE!

12.12 - Orange County, CA @ Programme Skate
12.13 - San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
12.14 - Los Angeles, CA @ No Earbuds (JER Only)

Tickets now on sale! GET YOURS NOW, SOCAL FRIENDS! Www.jer.band
Black flyer with white border. Colorful Text up top reads “JER band in SoCal” and under that is orange text that says “with matamoska - Omnigone” Graphic of squiggly dudes and shapes sit in the middle. Under are 3 white blotches with text in the middle Each one reads 12.12 / Fullerton CA / Programme skate 12.13 / San Diego CA / Che cafe 12.14 / Los Angeles CA / The echo / JER only Text at the bottom reads www.jer.band
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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MUTUAL AID REQUEST
A friend of mine from high school has family in Jamaica who’s whole home was destroyed. They set up a gofundme, share pls and donate If u can! www.gofundme.com/f/my-family-...
Screenshot of an Instagram story of a go fund me. Text reads “as you have seen, Jamaica was hit with a category 5 hurricane over the last week. This left my family with unrepairable damage to their homes. Please check out our go fund me and share around if you can”
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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How my YouTube comment thinks it feels like listening to my original music
Meme of a puppy with a syringe of mercury going into its brain. To the right is a 5G tower and to the left is chem trails of aluminum, a cup of fluoride, WiFi, and Ritalin
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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The no. 1 album you slept on this year 🙂‍↕️

Lmk if you’ve bumped this or seen us play these songs live 👀 if u haven’t, you got some listening to do
Picture of the standing holding a copy of death of the heart up to their head. Their other hand is up over their forehead giving a peace sign. Behind them is a “Florida welcomes you” sign
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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THE WAY YOU TUNE IT OUT

Leftover shirts from our fall tour are up on the store! Help us clear out all this extra merch! Every order helps cover expenses from our tour, and from recording the record!

Pick up your shirt at www.skatunenetwork.com 🙂‍↕️🫶🏾✨
Picture of JER in black and white, color on their design. Behind JER is a yellow and green star. Text up top reads "help support the JER band by picking up some..." Colorful text below reads "LEFTOVER MERCH" Picture of stacks of shirts sitting on the ground, and JER giving a thumbs up toward the shirts
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

The ones who mostly keep cash, but tell about the broke times 🙂‍↕️🔥
Artwork for operation doomsday by mf doom. Artwork features doom with his mask rapping into a mic. Behind him is a city burning. The mf doom logo sits in the bottom left corner, and the next “operation doomsday” sits up top
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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If we play some of these tunes at our LA show, will yall mosh 👀

Our last show of the year is no earbuds fest! Come hang! And grab your tickets at www.noearbuds.com/fest
Poster that’s earbuds, headphones, and speakers sitting in the grass. Above it is the sun with sunglasses on. A cartoon of jamie coletta in an airplane flying a banner that says “no earbuds fest” Under says featuring prince daddy & the hyena, with JER and Yungatita plus soft blue shimmer, Hudson freeman, bones shredder, fine, glass generation December 14 the echo
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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When youre a ska band, but you gotta bust out a breakdown real quick 😤👊🏾💥

We played some songs for the first time at the 💔death of the heart 💔 release set, like some of the hardcore tracks from the record and they HIT ngl 🔥🔥🔥
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Hi friends
Death of the heart’s second vinyl pressing should be shipping soon from @badtimerecords.bsky.social
The pressing has been done for a week or so, but has been held up at customs cause of course lmao
If you wanted to grab one at fest, SORRY
You can pre-order it and expect it soon tho!
JER taking a selfie, while holding a copy of death of the heart above their head
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Context to this post
Gouge away covered op ivy
GOUGE AWAY HAS SKA CRED
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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This may look like half the crowd on stage, but we’re actually just a regular sized ska band
Picture of a stage where there’s as many people on stage as off of the stage
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Me: if you know the words to this song, I want you on this stage right now

Everybody at the skatune network fest set:
Picture that’s a meme of the kid in uniform saluting
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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I got this comment on todays YouTube upload and LETS TALK ABOUT IT because for 400 or so uploads, I’ve gotten this comment a LOT. It’s always led with a nice compliment, but then the complaint steamrolls it and reveals the true sentiment
A screenshot that reads Another great rendition! I love your work. Would love to make a YouTube playlist to listen to your stuff over and over, but the end of the video promotions prevent me from doing so. I'm sure l'm not the only one. Not trying to complain. I just think myself and many others would be able to enjoy your content more, and you'd get a lot more views.
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Continued post of my schedule cause not enough for 4 pictures. There’s a lot here, and def won’t be able to see everything, but there is a lot. I love diy punk I love live music I love fest. Hope to see yall around Gainesville this weekend!

AND THE JER SET IS AT HEARTWOOD SUNDAY AT 6:50!!!!
Saturday, October 25th 9:40 PM ARCADIA GREY (INSIDE) 9:50 PM THE GET UP KIDS (PLAYING SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT) 10:10 PM PET SYMMETRY (OUTSIDE) 10:30 PM LEISURE HOUR 10:30 PM GOUGE AWAY 11:20 PM HANS GRUBER AND THE DIE HARDS 12:10 AM VIRGINITY 12:10 AM SECOND IMPACT 1:00 AM CAMP TRASH Sunday, October 26th 2:40 PM JOYSTICK (OUTSIDE) Sunday, October 26th 3:10 PM CHEEM (INSIDE) 3:40 PM FLYING RACCOON SUIT (OUTSIDE) 3:50 PM GILT 4:10 PM HALF PAST TWO (INSIDE) 4:20 PM THE PUNK CELLIST 4:30 PM SOOZA BRASS BAND 4:30 PM THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE & I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE 4:40 PM DEVON KAY & THE SOLUTIONS (OUTSIDE) 5:20 PM ¡FUAKATA! (INSIDE) 5:50 PM OMNIGONE (OUTSIDE) 6:20 PM MEGA INFINITY (INSIDE) Sunday, October 26th 6:50 PM JER (OUTSIDE) 7:30 PM JOKER'S REPUBLIC (INSIDE) 8:00 PM JEFF ROSENSTOCK 8:00 PM SKATUNE NETWORK (OUTSIDE) 8:10 PM VIRGINITY (DOES FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE) 8:40 PM OMNIGONE (INSIDE - DOES LINK 80) 8:50 PM ULTRA DELUXE 9:10 PM CATCH 22 (OUTSIDE) 9:30 PM OVERTHINKER 9:40 PM I.LIEDTOMYSELF 10:30 PM PALOMINO BLOND
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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FEST FRIENDS!

Here’s my fest schedule!!! Favorite part of fest is it’s not awkward outdoor stages, but 10ish venues within a 4 x 4 block area throwing stacked shows all day. The roster of a festival with the intimacy of a diy show. The best of both worlds

Trying to catch 60+ sets this weekend
Picture of her jumping while singing. Audience is in the background. On the image are 2 screen shots from the fest schedule. One says JER (outside) sun 6:50 pm - 7:30 pm and the other says skatune network (outside) sun 8:00 pm - 8:40 pm Screenshot of the fest schedule that reads Friday, October 24th 2:50 PM HUMMUSVACUUM 3:00 PMOFF DAY 6:00 PM PIEBALD 7:00 PM WOOLBRIGHT 9:20 PM SUZIE TRUE (OUTSIDE) 9:40 PM SMELTER 10:20 PM CHRIS FARREN (OUTSIDE) 10:30 PM WINDED 11:00 PM DOLLAR SIGNS 11:10 PM OCEANATOR SHARE YOUR SCHEDULE WITH THE FEST 23 APP! @THEFESTFL #FEST23 Saturday, October 25th 12:50 PM GILT (DOES PARAMORE) 1:20 PM WEAKENED FRIENDS 1:50 PM MICHAEL CERA PALIN (OUTSIDE) 2:10 PM PROTAGONIST 2:20 PM POOL KIDS 3:00 PM KEROSENE HEIGHTS (OUTSIDE) 3:00 PM TEENS IN TROUBLE 3:50 PM RODEO BOYS 4:40 PM THE DREADED LARAMIE 4:40 PM THE VALTERRA DRAGONS 5:20 PM DIKEMBE (OUTSIDE - KING RECORD RELEASE SHOW) Saturday, October 25th 6:20 PM CHILLED MONKEY BRAINS 6:30 PM GLAZED (OUTSIDE) 6:50 PM JEFF ROSENSTOCK 7:10 PM RUNAWAY RICOCHET 7:30 PM 1 THE DREADED LARAMIE (DOES NO DOUBT) 7:50 PM ZETA (OUTSIDE) 8:10 PM RX BANDITS (PLAYING THE RESIGNATION) 8:20 PM 8:30 PM DEVON KAY & THE SOLUTIONS (4TH ANNUAL GUEST KARAOKE SET) HELL BEACH (OUTSIDE) 8:50 PM SAD SNACK 9:40 PM PWRUP
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM