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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A physical cd of the 2021 feel-good-record-of-the-summer "The Laughter's Rehearsed.
    Artwork and layout by Damn Selene.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Laughter's Rehearsed via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

Hey whats up?
You alright?
Yeah, I don't know,
you just,
you look sad.

If I wanna go to an open mic
and read poetry,
then I'll go and do it
for five people
equally as broke as me.
Woe is me.
An ode to grief's
the motif usually.
But local reach
is slow to peak.
No one can be as
blue as me.
We want stories with
a happy end.
But we don't see
the whole thing just
the credits not what's
after them.
Everything happens for a reason
and I don't fucking care.
That doesn't take away the pain,
it's here and I don't want it there.
"You should just get a more
positive outlook."
But it seems toxic to drown in
all of the found good.
All I mean is it's okay,
to not be okay.
Swallowing emotions is for
grown men who won't go away.
Let em laugh at me.
I'll shrug it off casually.
You're lack of sensitivity's
savagery.
Let me cry in this Applebee's.
No one's mad at me,
except you.
You're a sociopath.
Sounds like a great life,
have a safe night,
and I hope it lasts.

What I wanted to say,
"Let me be sad today."
What I needed to say,
"It's alright I'm okay."

I'm fine, no really
I'm doin good.
I feel great today.

If I wanna ignore my phone
for several days.
It's cause I need to
seperate and get away.
It's just a phase.
If I wanna record
a full-length of me crying.
Then I'll make it abstraction,
and call it "Heat Lightning."
There's always one guy
sayin, "Look on the bright side."
Get the hell out of
my eyeline.
Denial for a lifetime.
They'll tell you to
pull yourself up
by the boot straps.
The easel's cerebral
and equal to their loose facts.

Naw but like I read this
thing online,
mental illness isn't
even real it's your perspective.
(This guy's a doctor.
This guy read an article)

I'm wearin my grump face.
It's been a junk day.
And I don't feel the need
to tell you what's wrong,
for fuck's sake.
Look around
the world's always on fire.
And you think I should be thankful
just to perspire.
Blame my tardiness
on the fact that I used to be
a party kid until
I realized the world
is run by narcissists.
Fuck you if you think
I should stay on the sunny side.
Tellin me I need another try
and no one wants to die.
All that negativity
gets compartmentalized.
Until you're dead inside,
and you're petrified heart
gets gentrified.
The zoom intensifies,
and you're starin in a mirror.
Your reflection gets clearer,
and sadder, and weirder.
Don't be so judgemental.
It's not coincedental
that what seemed so eventful
turned out to not be
any of your fucking business.
If it's a sickness
you're one of the symptoms.
Nowadays that "good vibes"
shit just hits different.

(Chorus)

Did you see that guy?
The one in the first band?
(Happy Tooth?)
Aw man I was gonna go talk to him
and he was just like, lookin
so sad in the corner.
(Yeah, he's a baby.)
I'm like man just cheer up,
you know? Come on.
(Right.)
What's wrong with you?
(Yeah.)
Like, you should be happy.
(His set sucked.)

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from The Laughter's Rehearsed, released May 31, 2021

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"Both Happy Tooth and BDotJeff spoke to the idea that music can be therapeutic, and writing and recording is now less about reaching a larger audience than steadying the turmoil within. “You do start to question your own motivations, like, why am I doing this?” Happy Tooth said. “And I’ve realized that I love the art, and I have to make it because deep down it makes me feel better.” - MatterNews ... more

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