Peanut Butter Palace Records

Genre: Indie Folk / Anti-Folk
Active: 2020s
Location: Pacific Northwest

Bio:
The Childhood Trauma String Band emerged from the indie folk scene with a sound that’s equal parts beautiful and deeply uncomfortable. Their music takes the earnest, heartfelt aesthetics of contemporary folk and applies them to subject matter that absolutely does not deserve such tender treatment.

The band—believed to be a solo project despite the “band” moniker—specializes in treating bizarre, inappropriate, or dysfunctional family situations with the kind of reverence usually reserved for profound spiritual experiences. The result is simultaneously hilarious and genuinely moving.

Their breakout track “I Count Mama’s Farts While She Sleeps” exemplifies this approach: a gorgeous, fingerpicked meditation on a deeply weird nightly ritual. The song has been described as “the most beautiful thing you’ll ever feel uncomfortable recommending to friends.”

Very little is known about the artist(s) behind The Childhood Trauma String Band, though their music suggests someone with both genuine songwriting talent and a deeply warped sense of what constitutes appropriate subject matter.

Notable Releases:
I Count Mama’s Farts While She Sleeps (2022)

Sound: Delicate indie folk with fingerpicked acoustic guitar, banjo, gentle harmonies, and completely sincere delivery of absurd content.