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formative calluses

by tsuchinoko radio

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MxAshlynn
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MxAshlynn Fun and real-- Favorite track: dream.
noise artifact
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noise artifact This whole album is full of head-bangers that also make me cry without realizing it, which is frankly the best kind of music. Favorite track: to myself.
Cayce Fischer
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Cayce Fischer this album is so earnest and emotional and vulnerable—the kind of music that sticks with you after the catchy hooks and punk guitar keeps you listening... formative calluses feels like emerging from a dark time with healing and excitement <3 Favorite track: dream.
aurorabored
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aurorabored Being able to hear friends' musical ideas come together is such a wild and fun experience and Cece does not disappoint with these tracks! So good and super talented! Favorite track: know myself.
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1.
a chilly day in twenty eighteen im feelin like i just woke up took a breath of forest air and to tried to calm my churning gut there's a itching nagging feeling like i left the oven on and I'm trying to unpack it all but my confidence is gone seeking meaning in the storm clouds getting swept up in my fears a ray of starlight parts the overcast but you cannot stop these tears and it's wild that you exist and i know we're having fun but i need to crawl away under the sheets and wonder if i were to stop myself and just daydream all day would i improve at all or would i just worry if i should just stop myself and just daydream all day
2.
dream 01:18
its so surreal that i get to spend time with you i've got this energy inside me, you're magnetic through and through coalescing fears dissipate my self-esteem my mind's still repeating your name im enraptured by this dream i dont want it to be over i dont wanna wake up yet feeling like im on a rollercoaster when i hit the bottom will i have no regrets? and im falling down this hill with you am i dreaming? oh, its all of you my mind is screaming tell me does yours scream too? ill stay dreaming
3.
truth 01:50
the truth about me is im not gonna lie to you ill mean every thing i say im gonna listen and i'll take notes try to remember what it was i wrote im gonna try real hard to not destroy myself with jealousy i'm the perfect date we're so perfect yeah every night when my feelings sink and you try to pull me out of it is there any chance for us cause when read back what we wrote cause when i've got a lump in my throat can we go back once-you-know-that-theres no chance for us but i'm the perfect date were so perfect and im always so anxious that im being too much and im smothering my friends and everyone i love i distract myself from inconvenient truths like its always been over for me and you cause since the magic started to fade and i've spent the past few months hoping that we're okay ive been shaking, sobbing and unsober begging can we please go back to last october
4.
know myself 02:52
locked away in a freezer i crawled out and found you, sticking around should i have been buried deeper maybe i would've never come out even if i can't be understood you help me understand myself throw it all into your arms you're waking up as well now the landscape in my mind is shifting we havent spoken in weeks, my memories are drifting since the days when magic turned to worry im finally outside the freezer lying in the slurry even if i can't be understood i can understand myself throw it all into the world even if im overwhelmed anxious and unwound save me from falling out help me down help me down no help down anxiously twisting around
5.
turn up turn up, turn up the volume drown out my ruined and unfocused brain these feelings have a knack for echoing and it took some time, it took some time to be honest with myself about it even now im not really sure but it's time to try and mend up what's been torn well it took some time and my wounds are healed i think im alright and eventually the memories that used to hurt will fade away and it took some time and my tears are spent so im wondering do you feel alright? do you feel alright? patterns will repeat again cuts will heal back into skin peeling off the bandages over and over and over and over and i really almost thought you wouldnt want to talk but i think its about time i hear you tell me off and i know you're way too kind really wanna wound me but im tougher now, and i wont let it ruin me well it took some time and my wounds are healed do you feel alright~ to talk to me? to talk to me? and as my bones start to harden my muscles get stronger ill lift myself up and begin to stand taller now all of the pain that i used to just cry through will subside and i wont feel hurt when i see you
6.
to myself 03:02
i feel it creeping up is there something wrong with me im losing my footing im slipping im falling naturally my thoughts will wander apologize profusely trying not to bother fuck it always comes out wrong i wanna shut the fuck up i need to shut the fuck up and slow down sloow~ down you dont have to bleed your heart out you dont have to bleed your heart out so slow down sloow~ down there's a passage for you to break out smoke some weed and order takeout there's nothing wrong with you there's nothing wrong with you you're not too much. it all just sucks cause we're born into hell and the world is fucked but, what you give away is what you need yourself you cant be anything for no one when you're overwhelmed take some time take a breath its mostly chemicals all the memories you need will be there in the morning twisting and crawling you feel like you're falling its okay to slow down its okay to slow down twisting and crawling you feel yourself falling its okay to slow down its okay to slow down

about

this EP is an homage to "bomb the music industry - vacation." if vacation is an album about building a better home, this is an album about building a better self--about growth in the wake of mental and social struggle.

i started writing the songs for this EP in early 2019 in the midst of a relationship that helped me break out of my shell. i started doing things that i'd always wanted to. i also started facing new mental health challenges that i was unprepared for. as i unraveled, so did the relationship. in the wake of the unraveling, i started learning to handle my new world and figuring out who i am.

this is a diy project that was written and recorded in my bedroom in albany, ny.

credits

released November 8, 2019

tsuchinoko radio is cecelia wren
AND
backup vocals and songwriting assistance: eddy gort
bassline composition - truth: 20XY
mixing: alex simon
mixing and production assistance: cayce fischer
mastering: aria bare

album art photos by kat bartels
album art editing by alicia woitte

attributions:
campaign for a better self is a tribute to "btmi - campaign for a better weekend"
[hidden track] is a cover of "btmi - dont destroy yourself" with different lyrics
the snake and radio emojis are from twemoji... someone please help me figure out a logo that doesnt require me to attribute that hell website lol

special thanks to:
jess, lena, suffer, aurora
jeff rosenstock/bomb the music industry for inspiring the energy and tone of my music and for their music helping me through some really tough times
girls rituals for inspiring me to start recording music and picking up my guitar again
rook for helping me figure out what guitar would work for my tiny baby hands
everyone that listened to my music and encouraged me to keep going

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tsuchinoko radio is cece, alex, connor, aurora, and friends. hold onto the inside of yr pockets b/c its time to dance and cry.

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