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===2011β2017: ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'' and ''Shape Shift with Me''=== In 2010 Grace had expressed the desire to release at least one album per year for the next decade.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaston |first=Peter |url=https://www.spin.com/2010/12/tom-gabel-talks-future-against-me/ |title=Tom Gabel Talks Future of Against Me! | SPIN | Newswire |publisher=SPIN |date=December 7, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423232958/http://www.spin.com/2010/12/tom-gabel-talks-future-against-me/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 3, 2011, the band announced that they started their own record label, Total Treble.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |title=Against Me! announce new record label Total Treble Music |website=Punknews.org |date=June 3, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905233939/http://www.punknews.org/article/42893 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2011, the band released "[[Black Crosses]]" which were demos and alternate versions of songs from "White Crosses". In September 2011, Grace built a recording studio in [[Elkton, Florida]], for future Against Me! projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=198920& |title=The Ultimate Punk Music Store! |website=Interpunk.com |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012160132/http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=198920& |archive-date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> The studio has since been named Total Treble Studio.<ref name="punknews1">{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/45537 |title=Cheap Girls: "Ruby" |website=Punknews.org |date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215055816/http://www.punknews.org/article/45537 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first band to record an album in the studio were [[Cheap Girls]] from [[Lansing, Michigan]], with their album ''[[Giant Orange]]''.<ref name="punknews1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2011 |title=Against Me! Interview β Andrew Seward |website=ThePunkSite.com |date=August 31, 2011 |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045943/http://thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=againstme2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> In May 2012 Grace publicly [[coming out|came out]] as [[transgender]], having dealt with [[gender identity disorder|gender dysphoria]] since childhood, and began her transition.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |title=Tom Gabel of Against Me! Comes Out as Transgender |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 8, 2012 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-175477/ |access-date=May 8, 2012 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509211255/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-gabel-of-against-me-comes-out-as-transgender-20120508 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Montgomery 2012-05-10">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=Tom Gabel Reveals Details of Transgender Life in ''Rolling Stone'' |publisher=MTV |work=mtv.com |date=May 10, 2012 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684887/tom-gabel-against-me-transgender-rolling-stone.jhtml |access-date=May 10, 2012 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512214608/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1684887/tom-gabel-against-me-transgender-rolling-stone.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> "I felt like I drop-kicked them in the face," she said of informing the other members of Against Me! "We had the most awkward hug ever, and then they left. And the second I shut the door, I was like, 'What the fuck did I just do?{{' "}}<ref name="Montgomery 2012-05-10"/> Gender dysphoria is the theme of the band's sixth studio album, an [[autobiographical]] account of Laura Jane Grace's experience as a trans woman and of social and body dysphoria. They began recording in February 2012 at Total Treble Studio, working without Butch Vig, who produced ''New Wave'' and ''White Crosses''.<ref name="Russell">{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Ryan |title=Against Me! Share Details of 'Killer' New Album |publisher=MTV |work=mtvhive.com |date=November 5, 2012 |url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/11/05/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/ |access-date=November 5, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107033314/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/11/05/against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Instead, Grace was acting as both [[recording engineer]] and [[record producer]] for the album.<ref name="Russell"/> Weinberg departed the group that December.<ref name="Strummer">{{cite web |last=Strummer |first=Brittany |title=Jay Weinberg Leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=December 18, 2012 |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/50041/jay-weinberg-leaves-against-me |access-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-date=December 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230234543/http://www.punknews.org/article/50041/jay-weinberg-leaves-against-me |url-status=live }}</ref> Drummer [[Atom Willard]] filled in with the band for their 2013 Australian tour dates,<ref>{{cite web |work=punknews.org |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/50136/atom-willard-to-play-australian-shows-with-against-me |title=Atom Willard to play Australian shows with Against Me! |date=December 31, 2012 |access-date=February 10, 2013 |archive-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207145456/http://www.punknews.org/article/50136/atom-willard-to-play-australian-shows-with-against-me |url-status=live }}</ref> and was confirmed as the band's new drummer on July 31, 2013.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AtomWillard|last=Willard|first=Adam|author-link=Atom Willard|number=362627842405699584|title=Very excited about the next chapter in my story. I'll be playing in, with, and for: Against Me!|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=January 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105162613/https://twitter.com/AtomWillard/status/362627842405699584|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2013, the band canceled their US tour with Bad Religion. In May 2013, bassist Andrew Seward also announced his departure from the band. Grace expressed that she felt the band wouldn't have continued under the name Against Me! were it not for the then-upcoming record having a message she wanted to spread.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/51464/andrew-seward-leaves-against-me |title=Andrew Seward leaves Against Me! |website=Punknews.org |date=May 2, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505014231/http://www.punknews.org/article/51464/andrew-seward-leaves-against-me |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 24, 2013, Grace announced that recording for ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'' was finished.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=LauraJaneGrace|first=Laura Jane|last=Grace|author-link=Laura Jane Grace|number=349222146888826880|title=At the cost of a lot of friends and having probably ruined my life, finished tracking Transgender Dysphoria Blues.|date=June 24, 2013|access-date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=February 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210030730/https://twitter.com/LauraJaneGrace/status/349222146888826880|url-status=live}}</ref> Grace went on a solo tour in August in a handful of east coast US cities in support of the record.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.againstme.net/laura-jane-grace-solo-east-coast-tour/ |title=Laura Jane Grace β Solo East Coast Tour |publisher=Against Me! |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708081308/http://www.againstme.net/laura-jane-grace-solo-east-coast-tour/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 15, 2013, Against Me! released the "[[True Trans]]" single for free, featuring the new acoustic song "FUCKMYLIFE666" and the namesake "True Trans Soul Rebel". On August 29, 2013, [[Inge Johansson]], formerly of [[the (International) Noise Conspiracy]] and [[Refused]], was confirmed as the new bass player.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/52799/against-me-recruit-former-international-noise-conspiracy-bassist |title=Against Me! recruit former (International) Noise Conspiracy bassist |website=Punknews.org |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901210644/http://www.punknews.org/article/52799/against-me-recruit-former-international-noise-conspiracy-bassist |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 21, 2014, Against Me! released ''[[Transgender Dysphoria Blues]]'', their sixth full-length studio album.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hermes|first=Will|title=Against Me!|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/transgender-dysphoria-blues-20140121|access-date=February 26, 2014|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228011541/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/transgender-dysphoria-blues-20140121|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was praised for its raw quality, reminiscent of Against Me!'s earlier music. It is their highest-charting album to date, reaching no. 23 on the ''Billboard'' 200. A new live album, ''[[23 Live Sex Acts]]'' was recorded on the subsequent tour by the band in 2014, and was released on September 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaye |first=Ben |url=https://consequence.net/2015/06/against-me-announces-new-live-album-23-live-sex-acts/ |title=Against Me! announces new live album, 23 Live Sex Acts |magazine=Consequence of Sound |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908011712/https://consequence.net/2015/06/against-me-announces-new-live-album-23-live-sex-acts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2016, the band announced their seventh studio album ''[[Shape Shift with Me]]'' would be released on September 16.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|title=Against Me! Announce New Album Shape Shift With Me, Share New Track: Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/66885-against-me-announce-new-album-shape-shift-with-me-share-new-track-listen/|website=Pitchfork|date=July 18, 2016 |access-date=July 18, 2016|archive-date=July 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719125640/http://pitchfork.com/news/66885-against-me-announce-new-album-shape-shift-with-me-share-new-track-listen/|url-status=live}}</ref> The band also immediately released a song from the album, "[[333 (Against Me! song)|333]]". On August 10, 2016, a second song, "[[Haunting, Haunted, Haunts]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-against-mes-new-stomper-haunting-haunted-haunts-w433392|title=Hear Against Me!'s New Stomper 'Haunting, Haunted, Haunts'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813045803/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-against-mes-new-stomper-haunting-haunted-haunts-w433392|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2016/08/against-me-unleash-rambunctious-new-song-haunting-haunted-haunts-listen/|title=Against Me! unleash rambunctious new song "Haunting, Haunted, Haunts" β listen|date=August 10, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811124832/https://consequence.net/2016/08/against-me-unleash-rambunctious-new-song-haunting-haunted-haunts-listen/|url-status=live}}</ref> was released via the Adult Swim Singles Program 2016. On September 8, the entire album was available for streaming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/09/stream-against-mes-explosive-new-record-shape-shift-with-me/|title=Stream Against Me!'s Explosive New Record Shape Shift With Me {{!}} SPIN|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=September 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909143651/http://www.spin.com/2016/09/stream-against-mes-explosive-new-record-shape-shift-with-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Shape Shift with Me'', was released September 16, 2016.<ref name="auto"/> In October 2017, Against Me! played a special show with former bassist Dustin Fridkin for the first time since his departure from the band in 2002. The show was part of FEST 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sfcollege.edu/2017/11/01/sf-professor-steps-back-into-spotlight-at-fest/|title=SF Professor Steps Back into Spotlight at FEST - Today @ Santa Fe|website=news.sfcollege.edu|date=November 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627034508/https://news.sfcollege.edu/2017/11/01/sf-professor-steps-back-into-spotlight-at-fest/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grace revealed in August 2018 that she strongly considered disbanding Against Me! once this show had occurred.<ref name="auto1">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-on-new-band-devouring-mothers-and-the-future-of-against-me-714581/|title=Laura Jane Grace on New Band Devouring Mothers and the Future of Against Me!|first=Jonathan|last=Bernstein|date=August 29, 2018|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114001209/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-on-new-band-devouring-mothers-and-the-future-of-against-me-714581/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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