For Adrian

"Shortly after a hate crime occurs in their shared hometown of Derry, Maine, the band writes a special album in remembrance of the victim, Adrian Mellon. The whole band identifies as queer in some way and experienced the hate in their hometown, so they say they couldn’t not write this album.

Richie Tozier, lead singer and tambourine player, claims the songs came to them almost immediately and the album was written in three days. He claims to have brought up a lot of traumatic memories in these lyrics and refuses to discuss it when questioned. He says that it’s already in the songs and he’s not ready to fully talk about it yet.

All proceeds of the album go towards LGBTQ+ charities fighting against hate crimes and violence. Later, after its release, Shark Puppy holds a charity concert. Their backdrop is a wall off sewn together pride flags with the names of victims of hate crimes written on them. At the end of the concert, they release a thousand red balloons in Adrian’s honor during a moment of silence."