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This Is Not a Disco

by Trying

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Sierra Mollenkopf
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Sierra Mollenkopf Trying has been working to achieve a sound that is both tender and energized and this album is so successful in that! Favorite track: That Is Not Your Dirt.
Gunner
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Gunner haven't even listened to the full album but I can say with certainty that this album is a masterpiece. having discovered it through the pre-release EP of I Just Can't Feel the Rhythm. those tracks alone touched me and evoked so much raw emotion that upon realizing they were only a prelude to a final release was a joy unlike any other. this band is special beyond words and this album is their best so far. Favorite track: What Have I Become?.
Art Fin
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Art Fin Wonderful twee pop that even has glockenspiel and cat toys in the instrumentation. Reminds me of Los Campesinos! and The Spook School sans British accents.
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1.
This is not a disco But you just can’t forget the rhythm It’s okay to be crying No one said you had to act tough, my love Do you wanna dance? No one needs to know Sorry, tonight let’s stay home
2.
I spent last year in cemeteries Lost and hoping that this would be easy afternoons But you cried and I cried Oh, stop. Stop hating yourself You’ll only make it hurt more What if we could bury everything? What would it be: Today? Or the past? Or the thing that’s haunting you? Raise your shovels Burn your wounds Turn your head, scream out a new This is not a disco You still can’t lose that rhythm This is not a disco Don’t you lose that rhythm We can dance, and sing There’s no more haunting anything What about you, how are you doing? Have you been taking your meds? I say “try to be happy” I regret it immediately You can’t just forget your traumas I can’t just right your wrongs Sometimes you say that I’m your savior But there are no heroes here Trust me, I’ve asked No heroes, no heroes, no heroes, no heroes There’s no heroes around here We should’ve moved to someplace nicer This is not a disco You still can’t lose that rhythm This is not a disco Don’t you lose that rhythm This is not a disco But you are loved We can dance, and sing There’s no more haunting anything
3.
Every May we would blow wishes Find the bushes and the trees floating white dust dandelions Jump and catch them in the breeze Last May you packed me wishes “Safe travels, take these with you” I drove to the big city blew wishes when I missed you Do you wanna say goodbye now? It’s almost time to leave Do you wanna say goodbye now? Let’s take our time let’s breath Pack up everything we’ve found Now we’re blowing wishes on the way out of town It’s August now, wishes are gone I’m sure that they’ll be back next year We’re leaving now, soon we’ll be gone but someday we’ll be back through here Do you wanna say goodbye now? It’s almost time to leave Do you wanna say goodbye now? Let’s take our time let’s breath Pack up everything we’ve found Now we’re blowing wishes on the way out of town
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You, who once felt so alive and well You, who once was a sunflower, welcoming death But now, now are a wet rag, begging not to be stepped On, with silent screams from empty pages, screams from empty pages You, you wrote yourself in bones That gave away with ease Only because you held nothing together Like open space would let you grow That is not your dirt Don’t bury yourself yet Don’t bury yourself yet
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Don't Worry 02:47
8.
Dog Videos 01:21
Nobody’s crying now at least not in this house We’re just making baked goods and kissing soft on the mouth Well if you wanna see me cry that's too bad I still have emotions they're just only for dogs I still have emotions they're just only for dogs Well if you wanna see me cry just play a video where someone’s dog dies
9.
What Have I become? I am aching You gave me a notebook I will fill it up for you What have I become? I am whatever you need from me
10.
I made myself a secret No one can see I woke up early As breath beat next to me I just can’t feel the rhythm Dim light, not sang You should still be asleep Told no one If I am quiet no one sees Hold my hand in this hallway Don’t you understand? I haven’t said anything else all year I just can’t feel your rhythm or mine I made myself a secret I don’t see Whisper nothing Just keep quiet I just can’t feel the rhythm
11.
You told me when we first met That yellow was your favorite We ate the pokeweed for six months And then found out it was poisonous But I could only see the pinks and greens Swallow the last one today Just one more week of headaches Not much more sleeping to do I’m gonna wake up soon wake up soon, wake up soon And I don’t think that you noticed But I made the bed today And I wore your favorite shirt With the sleeves rolled up the way you like them I’ve been trying to make change in the little things Swallow the last one today Just one more week of headaches Not much more sleeping to do I’m gonna wake up soon wake up soon, wake up soon If yellow is your favorite Then yellow is what you will get I’ve been trying to make change In the little things So let’s do it Let’s paint the walls yellow Paint the whole house yellow Paint the walls yellow Paint the walls yellow Paint the walls yellow Paint the whole house I am a bright light yellow and warm I am a bright light yellow and warm
12.
If I don’t get a job Would you still live with me? Would you let me buy your groceries? I swear I’ll vacuum at least twice a week If I don’t get a job Can I water your plants? Run your errands, find your favorite bands? On the shelves that you can’t reach I’ll put away the pans And if I get a job And start to get boring Would you sing with me, keep me going? That’s all I want, my bub And if I get a job Would you stay up with me? Tolerate long nights and extended working week? And when the checks are not enough Could you learn to love my rice and beans And all of that cheap stuff, my love?
13.
I still love you don’t you hear me? I still love you, I I want you to know how loved you are Don’t tell me you’re not good enough You’re wrong That’s it.
14.
You just can’t lose the rhythm No, I won’t let you lose the rhythm Darkness will come every night Just let me be by your side No, I won’t let that beast get to you When time ends we’ll lay down as two But till then you just can’t lose the rhythm Don’t you lose the rhythm No don’t lose the rhythm You just can’t lose the rhythm No, I won’t let you lose the rhythm
15.
[Listen closely: This is not a disco, but you just can’t forget that rhythm]

about

The final of three releases. This album is a consideration of struggle, in ourselves, in others, and in the attempt to help. Attempting to merge the light and dark of two preceding EPs, we let the expression and emotion veer. The most determined of rhythms hide behind fuzzed out clatter ("That Is Not Your Dirt") or threaten to implode ("I Just Can't Feel the Rhythm"). Moments of tenderness shudder at the brink of chaos ("I Won't Let You Lose the Rhythm") or reverse and swirl away ("What Have I Become?"). And, occasionally, triumph and joy show through ("This Is Not a Disco Pt. 2", "If I Don't Get a Job", "Paint The Walls Yellow"). Take care and enjoy.

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released July 10, 2020

Recorded, mixed, mastered, and produced by Cameron
Artwork by PJ Mollenkopf

Cameron - Vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, bass, glockenspiel, tambourine, cabasa, claps
Brady Costigan - Vocals, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, bass, claps
Zayn Dweik - Drums, vocals, tambourine, cabasa, shaker, squeaking bird cat toy, claps
Laura Lenhart - Vocals, clarinet, glockenspiel, claps

Clara Davison - Cello (Oh, What an Awful Way), Tambourine (I Still Love You)
Lauren Hoffman - Violin (Oh, What an Awful Way)

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