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Try This at Home!

by The Tragic Clowns

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1.
Outside Troy 03:32
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i’ve sat inside my tent and waited for the gifts at dawn but if you never show yourself those bearing gifts will soon move on but the walls will fall without you and the job will still be done and the world will spin without you and the world will carry on and if you should re-enter the slipstream of society you’ll find that things have changed you’re not seen as the star you used to be chorus: it’s just a question of how badly do i want it now i can’t sit back and hope that things will work themselves out somehow but it’s a lavish tent i could stay inside for years it houses all my wants and needs and it screens out all of my fears but the walls will fall without you and the job will still be done and the world will spin without you and the world will carry on and if you should remember your former aristocracy you’ll find even your own mind has rearranged the once-kind hierarchy chorus: it’s just a question of how badly do i want it now i can’t sit back and hope that things will work themselves out somehow somehow...
2.
Above the Waterline 05:11
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i won’t tell the tale – it’s much too long, and you’ve heard it all before but see these sad remains: the wreckage that just lays here on the floor and this day never ends, just light and dark revolving, spinning promises they know they’ll never keep i’ve got aches and pains, flaws and problems stacked up on all sides what my life’s become: the amusement park with all the cruelest rides and there’s no one here, there’s only me, and i realize damnation-land’s just three short words away… chorus: and i’m barely breathing i can barely keep my head above the waterline drowning starts to look just fine… and i’m scarcely dreaming all the lights inside my head are winking out can’t you hear me scream and shout…? what is this that surrounds me? echoes of my awkward yesterdays darken the air around me, it’s getting hard to see through so much haze choke down another helping of that humble pie, you bought so much, but it just seemed too good a price now i lay me down – sleep won’t come, but i like to pretend… and i’m braced for a fight even though i’ve nothing to defend so if you wander by, pay no attention to the man behind the blinds, he knows not what to do chorus: and i’m barely breathing i can barely keep my head above the waterline drowning starts to look just fine… and i’m scarcely dreaming all the lights inside my head are winking out can’t you hear me scream and shout…?
3.
Out To The Fringes 03:39
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catch a ride out to the fringes you can find me sitting ‘round staring off into the distance at the train that’s bearing down though it might take years to get here i’m prepared to wait that long i’ve got a flask, and a world of patience and my resolve is strong i wonder if you ever had to face a choice so clear… catch a ride out to the fringes i’ll introduce you to the fold sister moon is a blood-red crescent lady night is black and cold and all the stars are weeping children and the wind is a constant friend and the train draws ever closer and when we board, all pain will end i wonder if you ever had to face a choice so clear just say the word, they’ll help you disappear… chorus: i’m off to find some peace of mind and leave all my pain behind oh, so far behind i've gone to find some peace of mind and leave all my pain behind lost and left behind catch a ride out to the fringes settle in and settle down you can sense that train approaching feel the rumbling through the ground just cultivate acceptance it grants freedom so sublime it makes time a steadfast ally and all we have is time i wonder if you ever had to face a choice so clear just say the word, they’ll help you disappear… chorus: i’m off to find some peace of mind and leave all my pain behind oh, so far behind i've gone to find some peace of mind and leave all my pain behind lost and left behind
4.
What Are You Selling? 04:32
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treachery i get for cheap, lies are always free but if i lay some money down, what will you have for me? something to write home about? something to acclaim? something that i’ve dreamed about? or something quite mundane...? chorus: it doesn’t matter anyway, i guess i’ve changed my mind i’ll just keep looking for a different vendor down the line love they’ve got in every style, fear they give away the bins are full of hand-me-downs – did i come too late today? there’s nothing bold or different here as far as i can see where’s the new excitement® line? where’s the mystery? chorus: it doesn’t matter anyway, i guess i’ve changed my mind i’ll just keep looking for a different vendor down the line it doesn’t matter anyway, i’ll catch the next big sale i know someday i’ll find that bargain-basement great white whale paid my dues and sign-up cost, the membership’s high fee i thought i could buy happiness – i guess it’s not to be they sold out so long ago, before i made the scene there’s nothing left but knock-off brands, the cheaply-made routine chorus: it doesn’t matter anyway, i guess i’ve changed my mind i’ll just keep looking for a different vendor down the line it doesn’t matter anyway, i’ll catch the next big sale i know someday i’ll find that bargain-basement great white whale
5.
Orion Speaks 04:52
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oh, i hate to say it, but there’s nothing there been to the cupboard, but the cupboard’s bare well, i was just looking for humanity but there’s no such thing, well, silly me so i pull the curtains, and i stay inside while the streets of fire man gets crucified i guess i could seek therapy but if i change, then i won’t be me chorus: there’s a new horizon, and i… i almost feel awake there’s a new sun rising, but it’s… more than i can take oh, i get the feeling i’ve seen this before as i recall, i didn’t like the score and moons go racing across the sky and the only constants are the tides and i and orion scowls from overhead down at weary me in my cold bed yeah, he thinks i should get up and fight but i’m too beat to care if he’s right chorus: there’s a new horizon, and i… i almost feel awake there’s a new sun rising, but it’s… more than i can take bridge: i don’t know if you noticed me i was sitting by your side…? i don’t know if you noticed me but for once, i didn’t hide… chorus: there’s a new horizon, and i… i almost feel awake there’s a new sun rising, but it’s… more than i can take
6.
Here Comes My Freedom 04:32
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push up the window, change is in the air change can be good, yet i can’t help but beware change has never been too kind to me change could change, i guess, but it doesn’t seem likely you call me up, say you’re coming by your voice sounds strange, and i can’t help but wonder why then you appear so sweetly in my room you clear your throat, and already i sense doom well i knew what you planned to say since you walked through that door don’t insult me any longer, don’t say any more chorus: here comes my freedom – it’s in your face here comes my freedom – i’ve been replaced here comes my freedom – such a sad, sad case… here comes my freedom – i’ve been replaced the more things change, the more they stay the same same kind of problems; different number, different name see, it took a while, but i found another girl excites my mind, has my senses in a whirl she calls me up, says she’s coming by her voice sounds strange, and i can’t help but wonder why then she appears, so sweetly in my room she clears her throat, and already i sense doom well i knew what you planned to say since you walked through that door don’t insult me any longer, don’t say any more chorus: here comes my freedom – it’s in your face here comes my freedom – i’ve been replaced here comes my freedom – such a sad, sad case… here comes my freedom – i’ve been replaced
7.
Get Nowhere 04:35
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look me up, or look me over spare a single thought for me i see your life as endless fields of clover with just a breeze and a cloud or three oh, what i wouldn’t give to meet you there to watch you catch the wind and watch it stroke your hair… such a long time for this restless dreaming so little tangible relief for me it’s not the life that i had pictured, but certain moments are enough, you see i wish we’d met, and you could just drop by how we’d laugh, my dear, and how the time would fly… chorus: but if i speak, i end this, it’s too great a risk i just don’t dare so i run to stand still while the hourglass fills i climb the stairs but get nowhere sleep late and greet the day at noontime catch a train into the heart of town little pain, yeah, but it’s just the right thing to bring me up from the underground in dreams, i just catch your eye how we laugh, my dear, and how the time goes by… chorus: but if i speak, i end this, it’s too great a risk i just don’t dare so i run to stand still while the hourglass fills i climb the stairs but get nowhere..
8.
Living In Denial 05:38
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well, the sun’s been rising several times a day there’s a warm wind blowing good, good things my way look at all the candy sprouting from the streets look at all the money growing on the trees chorus: i don’t want to hear the truth, just tell me comforting lies i don’t need to see your face, i’m pleased with your disguise we’ve got no policemen we just have no need and if i should cut you you’ll heal before you bleed we’ve got no pollution and we have no disease and lady luck shall kiss the forehead of everyone she sees chorus: i don’t want to hear the truth, just tell me comforting lies i don’t need to see your face, i’m pleased with your disguise leave me blind… (repeat first verse and chorus)
9.
The Nightly News 05:04
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there’s a situation: a hostage and a bomb there’s a celebration; the election race rolls on... and the constitution is missing from d.c. you tell me nightly, but it’s not news to me there’s an escalation – the tortured middle east... there’s a conflagration of the things we like the least and i’m in competition with everyone i see you tell me nightly, but it’s not news to me chorus: and maybe one day we can learn to ignore it...? and if no one watches, it can’t be true... there’s an apparition whose shadow grows and grows... there’s an old tradition with rules nobody knows there’s a reputation for those who will not see yeah, you tell me nightly, but it’s not news to me chorus: and maybe one day we can learn to ignore it...? and if no one watches, it can’t be true...
10.
Van Winkle's Tune 04:48
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tell me who’s that singer – i’ve never heard that song before? tell me who’s that dancer dancing right outside my door? tell me who’s that spider-man crawling down the wall? tell me who’s that prophet, and tell me who will heed his call? tell me who’s that pilot who sails amongst the clouds? tell me who’s that gossip shouting others’ sins out loud? and tell me who’s that widow – she no longer sees the sky? and tell me who’s that beggar watching charity go by...? look at all these people gathered here today but there’s oh so many – i must have slept the day away! then i see a lone man – the man they’ve come to see he’s caused such excitement but doesn’t look like much to me so i close the window and shuffle back to bed the last chilling questions fading in my head: tell me who’s that madman, he’s howling at the sun? tell me who’s that bad man, and tell me what it is he’s done...?

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"Try This At Home!" The debut album by L.A.-based band, The Tragic Clowns, combines emotional exorcism, positive intent, a very DIY mindset, a sprinkling of magick, and lifelong loves of rock music and its many sub-genres, with special fondness reserved for guitar rock, glam rock, power-pop, scores of one hit wonders, psychedelia, and modern alternative rock. Recorded in the heart of Los Angeles, the album showcases the group challenging itself to flesh out songs on the fly, and intentionally opting for a more urgent and immediate feel: virtually all tracks were cut in three takes or less. Auto-Tune was mercilessly exiled from the studio...

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released December 12, 2012

The band would like to thank Damion Wagner, Producer Extraordinaire, for his essential contributions to the project, including all mixing and production work. Without Damion's presence, this album would have been a very different beast.

Musical thanks to Kathleen Riggs, the mighty Seth Riggs, Kathryn Grimm, and Brad Rosten, for their bright illumination.

More musical thanks to the spotlight-shunning Mikol Tragic, for agreeing to provide the album's drum tracks after much begging, pleading, and cajoling from his siblings...

More, more musical thanks, plus lifelong gratitude and love, for our soul-homie, Tommy Tung, of Push Sue Aside fame, and his eternally delightful bride, Diana.

Mastering performed in West Hollywood, CA by Robert Liam Mastering.

Thanks to the great people at The Crystal Matrix for the fabulous Sugilite sphere.

Many thanks to Brie Wakeland for crucial photo shoot aid.

Mad gratitude to Daniel Oguin for his gorgeous artistry and his selfless generosity.

Much love and deepest thanks to Sara Seinberg and Ginger Robinson: brave warriors, tireless supporters, and the cutest couple ever!

Extra Special Thanks to Irene Jow, for not only gracing the album with an appearance as the lovely and compelling Voice in "The Nightly News," but for helping to cultivate the entire project from its very inception all the way through to completion of this first release and beyond! We're eternally grateful for the Nurturing, Friendship, and Blessings...

And Equally Extra Special Thanks to Garz Chan for the ongoing Inspiration, Encouragement, and Belief, and for being a warm and wonderful Catalyst for our awakening -- now we know how to Manifest!

All songs written and performed by The Tragic Clowns:

Steven Tragic -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion

Stacy Tragic -- lead guitar, background vocals, percussion

Sasha Tragic -- bass guitar, background vocals, percussion

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The Tragicov siblings all emerged out of the highly influential San Francisco Bay Area Death-Folk movement. Several years after the death of Death-Folk, the trio shortened their surname to "Tragic," formed the Tragic Clowns, and have completed their debut album. Evoking modern alternative and classic guitar rock, power-pop and glam, the Tragic Clowns wish to entertain, inspire, and empower... ... more

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