heavens to betsy Announce 1st Project Since 1994: 'baby’s gone' | Never-Before-Heard Single "ain't never goin’ back" (Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney)

heavens to betsy Announce First Project Since 1994: baby’s gone  16-Track Demo Tape Recorded by Bratmobile’s Molly Neuman due out October 16 via Kill Rock Stars Package Also Includes Special 7” Recordings These Monsters Are Real (1993) and Direction (1994)  baby’s gone pre-order Unleash Never-Before-Heard Single, "ain't never goin’ back"  Available across platforms here 2026 North American Fall Tour  Tour dates below + here The Guardian announcement feature here

Credit: Chloe Aftel This summer, feminist punk trailblazers heavens to betsy – Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) and Tracy Sawyer (The Husbands, The Flying Tigers, The Lies) – reunited for their first concert in over 30 years and announced a fall tour. Today, the band is thrilled to announce their first project since 1994: baby’s gone, a 16-track mission statement comprising a never-before-heard demo tape originally recorded in February 1992 by Bratmobile’s Molly Neuman (who also provides liner notes for the forthcoming release), plus the 1993 These Monsters Are Real and the 1994 Direction 7” recordings – due out October 16 via Kill Rock Stars. The release will be available in two special vinyl variants, CD and cassette. The band is also planning a limited edition release of the original demo tape with recreated artwork. Alongside today’s announcement comes the never-before-heard single “ain’t never goin’ back”. The thrumming lo-fi anthem captures Corin and Tracy’s sense of freedom as they embrace the artistic community of Olympia, Washington. Watch / Share: “ain’t never goin’ back” lyric video It’s a modern miracle the band’s 35-year-old baby’s gone cassette demos were ever found, let alone digitized, and can be shared with a generation fighting for their rights. Just as heavens to betsy was an outlet for Corin and Tracy to express the issues on their mind as young women in the ‘90s, it was also a place for them to process trauma while giving other women a safe space to unpack theirs. Their rebellious, trailblazing voices helped bring awareness to important issues still permeating American politics today such as the pervasiveness of rape culture, discussions of intersectional politics and body shaming as well as celebrating female friendships, queerness and the strength of community.  “I wasn't sure if I would ever revisit heavens to betsy, and then when we started talking more about it, and feeling how relevant the subjects are today, almost even more so than they were back then… it just seemed like just the perfect opportunity to be doing this,” Tracy shares. “Just to know each other again as adults and as mothers, it's really cool. Once we started playing again, it was like muscle memory.”  Looking back at their college-age relationship with Molly Neuman, who recorded their first demo tape, Corin says, “Molly's such a leader, and she's… such an intellectual. She grasped right away that it was important for young women to have these tools to express themselves… She was so confident and so unafraid to just be like, ‘Yeah, why don't I just record that for you? I'll just check out the Tascam from the AV library at Evergreen and do it.’” heavens to betsy released three 7" recordings (in 1992, a split with Batmobile, followed by These Monsters Are Real, and Direction) and one, now-classic full-length album; Calculated, which came out in 1994 via Kill Rock Stars.

Tour Dates - TICKETS 10/16: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line 10/17: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill 10/18: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill 10/28: Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall *with Team Dresch* 10/30: Washington, DC @ Black Cat 10/31: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 11/1: Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church 11/5: Seattle, WA @ Nuemos 11/8: Pasadena, CA @ Sid the Cat Auditorium 11/14: Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle - SOLD OUT 11/15: Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle 11/21: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt  11/22: Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall baby’s gone tracklisting: 1. good food 2. factory 3. seek and hide 4. stay dead 5. my red shelf 6. ain’t never goin’ back 7. baby’s gone 8. my secret 9. me & her 10. monsters 11. playground 12. firefly 13. direction 14. get out of my head 15. the ones 16. driving song Website | Instagram Bandcamp | Apple Music | Spotify