Bug Hunter

ARE YOU READY for another US tour?? We are! Been working for months on pulling this all together. Tickets are now up for every US show in 2026 at https://bughunterbug.com/collections/bug-hunter-and-the-narcissist-cookbook-2026

Bug Hunter is launching our Kickstarter for our 5th studio album AND a Jam Mechanics EP based on our song The Hook. If you wanted to support (or just share your general enthusiasm in the comments) we would be thrilled

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bughunterbug/bug-hunter-album-and-a-half?ref=b51oav

Happy birthday ! You are the absolute best road crew chief we could ask for. You do so much for the fans and the bands that people don’t even know! Let papabug know if you have a favorite papabug memory from a show this year! One of my favorite things is hearing stories people have about papabug that I’ve never heard. Can’t wait to do it all again in 2026

Happy 7 YEARS to the album I was terrified to release but ended up changing my life. I was a kid in Seattle with a pretty decent airplane song and I had no idea if any of my other songs were going to catch on. 7 years later and I just finished my third year of world touring across America, the uk, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and even NEW ZEALAND.

Throw this album on today and let me know if it holds up! Anyone here listen to this on release day??

This happens every show. This will be a super rare New Zealand show! Don’t miss it

Biggest show we’ve ever done in London!! If you’ll have us, we will keep coming back. We’ve still got some small UK shows to go (Bristol, Exeter, York!). Manchester and Glasgow tickies are gone. And don’t forget I’ll be in Auckland NZ on Nov 13!!

NEW SONG! Our theme song for season 3 of Jam Mechanics is out now. Serendipity Bop is a fun song I wrote as a bonus track for Happiness that got cut for time. Glad to give it a home on the podcast and now on the Jam Mechanics page! Season 4 kicks off Monday with a brand new theme song and format

Take it back released 6 years ago today! Grateful for everyone on this journey with me. Always appreciate the love, especially for this one.

TWO YEARS since this album came out??? I’ve been so busy since then with and touring with but I’m getting closer to releasing more than just the occasional single. Should have news in the next few weeks! But let’s celebrate this album by sharing your favorite lyric/song/idea/theory about this album. Watching people dissect this one the minute it came out was one of the highlights of my music career. Deep-divers, I see you and I appreciate you.

Bug

It’s my 34th birthday today!

I just wrapped up our huge 2025 USA tour with and , , and . These were some of the biggest shows we’ve ever played to the most enthusiastic crowds we’ve ever had. It was so great to see so many of you again and create new inside jokes and sing along to the music I’ve been working on since I was 24.

Some big accomplishments this year:
- New song! Call Out Boy has been so fun to play live this year and made the finished track sound so good.
- !! We rolled out our show in 2023 with hopes that we could keep coming up with fresh music and entertain our fans. We took a big swing to end our shows this year with a jam mechanics set and now I can’t imagine a world without it. Season 3 was probably my favorite season and we starting on season 4 pretty soon! Hopefully we continue to be incapable of making a bad show.
- writing! I’m closing in on new albums and I promise I’ll release a new album before I turn 35!

Thank you to the thousands of you who allow me to do what I do, and the small circle of friends and family who have supported me at every turn. 24 year old bug couldn’t have predicted the upcoming decade. Here’s to hoping that 34 year old me will be equally shocked in 10 years!

-Bug

No doubt the biggest proposal of the day! said yes to pizza and