Thor Harris of Thor & Friends is running for governor of Texas, “Because fuck this”
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As the Trumpification of American politics continues, we’ve reached the point where we have to count it as a win when the politically inexperienced musician running for major public office is at least a good dude who plays music that we like. So it’s with as much enthusiasm as our battered souls can muster that we note that Thor Harris—of indie rock bands Swans, Shearwater, and, most recently, Thor & Friends—has announced that he’s running for governor of Texas, on a platform that can best be described as “’Cause fuck this.”