Bad Optics

BAD OPTICS • ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴄᴜʟᴛ ʙʟᴜᴇꜱ TOUR 2026

🔸Welcome! We're so glad you're with us. We are excited to announce our ᵖˡᵃⁿˢ to further our reach to the Midwest and East Coast regions. If you're in the area, please stop by and attend one of our events. We greatly look forward to ｓｅｅｉｎｇ ｙｏｕ.

🔸In addition to this exciting endeavor, we are also pleased to announce our upcoming EP "Death Cult Blues". This will be a 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 listening as you begin your journey. There will be more information on this matter in the weeks to come, but feel free to reach out to us if you have any thoughts or concerns. We are Bad Optics. ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˡʷᵃʸˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ

▫️4/25 - Seattle, WA
▫️4/30 - Chicago, IL
▫️5/1 - Indianapolis, IN
▫️5/2 - Pittsburgh, PA
▫️5/3 - Buffalo, NY
▫️5/4 - Toronto, ON, CA
▫️5/6 - Ithaca, NY
▫️5/7 - Medford, MA
▫️5/8 - NYC, NY .nychi
▫️5/10 - Philadelphia, PA - TBA
▫️5/12 - Washington D.C - TBA
▫️5/13 - Baltimore - TBA
▫️5/14 - Cleveland, OH
▫️5/15 - Columbus, OH
▫️5/16 - Detroit, MI

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🖼️ .jim

🛑 !! STOP RIGHT THERE !! 🛑

Is your life hard? Boring? Do you find that, every time you open your favorite corporate data-collection app, another piece of your soul is stripped away? Then we have an exciting new solution for you: BAD OPTICS, LIVE, IN THE FLESH.

We'll be holding several LIFE-CHANGING SEMINARS this month, guaranteed to ALTER YOUR REALITY PERMANENTLY*. Escape the doldrums of a world run by dullards in:

* PORTLAND, OR on MARCH 20 at w/ .legs.legs_ &

* SEATTLE, WA on MARCH 21 at w/ .legs.legs_ &

DON'T HESITATE. EXPERIENCE BAD OPTICS TODAY.

* alteration not guaranteed in the contiguous United States, nations hostile to the United States, or any other spectrum of the known universe

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THE BIG ONE IS COMING this Saturday at .hauseattle in the U District. Bad Optics, Stetson Heat Seekers, and Portland's hottest rippers, Of Wires. All ages, $10, doors at 6:30. DM for the address. 💋

2025 was BIG YEAR. Many things happened. We unleashed a soft apocalypse in the form of our record THE BOUNDED WORLD, and we're proud as hell of it (if you haven't yet, put down your Zootopia fanfic and give it a spin; we could really use your $0.0012). We made a very good music video for the song FALLING FROM HIGH PLACES. We played a lot of shows and met a lot of friends. We hit the road again in spring and got deathly ill. Josh was OZZY.

After a lot of hemming and hawing and all that, we also said goodbye to our bassist, Steph. That's a bit of a sad one, eh? But it's all love, and she'll always have a place with us on our stage and in our hearts. We also officially welcomed our new #1 bassboy, Linden! We're excited to keep the commerce flowing and making many interesting noises together.

We've got some BIG THINGS COMING in 2026. New music of course, but we'll be expanding the Bad Optics Outreach Program™ to new territories soon. We look forward to weathering the bursting of the AI bubble and the subsequent global recession with you. Thanks for sticking with us. We love you.

XOXO 💋
- Bad Optics

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We're gearing up for our LAST TWO SHOWS OF THE YEAR before we hide away and brumate for the winter.

TOMORROW (11/13) You can find us at with our friends and .fin.

SATURDAY (11/15) We'll be playing a matinee show for all you early birds at , supporting from San Diego along with and Troy.

Ticket links found in our bio 🦎🦎🦎
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HEY THANKS FOR THE NOM. Finally, some recognition. Hopefully we get the money so we can make another really cool record and definitely not spend it on an anatomically-correct Real Doll of noted character actor Wallace Shawn.

WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME SHOWS COMING UP:
11/13 we'll be at w/ our dear friends and .fin for a Thursday night introspective dance session, and 11/15 we're playing a matinee show at with SF neurorockers along with and - that's for you daytime ragers.

Hope to see you soon. LOVE YOU ALL.

xoxo
- Bad Optics 💋

THIS FRIDAY WE'RE PLAYING AT WITH OAKLAND DANCE FREAKS AND DEEP COVER MYSTERIONS . GOOD TIMES GUARANTEED*, BAD TIMES PROMISED.

🇺🇸🇺🇸 THIS POST HAS BEEN APPROVED BY AMERICA'S FOURTH BRAIN-DAMAGED PRESIDENT 🇺🇸🇺🇸

*guarantee not honored in the contiguous United States

NEXT THURSDAY: we're performing the opening ceremonies for , one of our **absolute favs**, on tour for their fantastic new record YOU'RE WEIRD NOW. Come check us along with at the on 9/25. Ticket link is in the bio 🧸🧸

WHAT IS A 'ZOID?! Is it an animal? A mineral? An action (e.g. "wow, you've completely 'zoided this up")?

Whatever it is, we'll be at it this Saturday. We play the Kraken stage at 9:30. Git yer tickets and come for the whole day and see lots of other cool bands.

'Zoidedly yours
- Bad Optics