Get Caught Trying Extended Edition, by Youth in a Roman Field

Get Caught Trying Extended Edition

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releases November 10, 2023

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Woooooo! It's "Get Caught Trying" on vinyl! The Extended Edition features a new track, "Might As Well Have Gone To The Movies," available only on this record. Artwork by Steve Ponzo. Made in the Czech Republic. Each vinyl is made of recycled "extra vinyl" from other presses, and will be unique in color. Includes lyric insert sheet.

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1.	Might As Well
2.	Madison
3.	Nightswims
4.	It'll Pass 03:30	lyrics	buy track
In the morning, in the morning On the morning of the last day of your life I will greet you, speak to you Say, I’m glad you’re healing and you’re putting up a fight And it’ll pass, oh it’ll pass In the morning you will see that it will pass I’ve been seeing, I’ve been seeing That underneath it all I’m just afraid of joy And I’m an addict to this feeling It doesn’t mean that I don’t deserve to be loved And it’ll pass, oh it’ll pass Oh, I believe that it will pass Oh, it’ll pass, oh it’ll pass Oh, I believe that it will pass Oh, i’ll pass, oh! Oh, I believe that it will pass In the morning, in the morning In the morning you will see that it has passed
5.	Might As Well Have Gone
6.	If It's Over
7.	Bright Green On The Path
8.	Albatross
9.	Might As Well Have Gone To The
10.	Get Caught Trying
11.	Mama
12.	Might As Well Have Gone To The Movies

about

‘Get Caught Trying’ began as an exercise in self-soothing and ultimately led to exploring generational patterns and trauma - and the anger that accompanies it - as a thread between myself and the women who came before me. The title references living a life inspired by those of my mother, grandmothers, and other women in my family. I wrote the songs between 2016-2020, finishing just before the pandemic hit and we locked down in New York City. We’d planned to be in the studio in March of 2020, recording together the way we had our previous albums. Instead, we ended up putting things together piece by piece over the summer and fall of 2020, coming into the studio one or two at a time to track the record. Cassidy, who was in Chicago, recorded remotely and sent in her viola parts. The process was totally different than we'd planned it to be; this brought a sort of freedom to the experience, and recording it was a true bright spot during that time. We released the album last November, but earlier this year recorded a new version of “Might As Well Have Gone To The Movies” at Better Company Studios. The song as it was first recorded for the album didn’t quite fit into the thing as a whole. Allen [Tate] (who co-produced and mixed the record) had the idea to use the original demo of the song as inspiration, then by way of Kendrick Lamar’s influence, break it up and use it as a “guide" throughout the record. The lyrics center the conflict between fantasy and reality, confronting the parts of my romantic nature that lend themselves to delusion and ultimately accepting the disappointments of unrequited love. It lets the subject (me, and you!) accept ourselves despite mistakes we’ve made, while acknowledging that we usually are, especially as women, alone in our knowing, in our resolve, and in loving ourselves.

As time went on and we continued to play the song live, a different arrangement emerged: what was once an acapella ballad became a cocoon-like salve in three-part harmony. Cassidy, Tiffany, and I have been singing together for ten years now, and I wanted the opportunity to go back into the studio and try a new version that centered a collective instead of individual resolve and knowing. This also reopened space for the instrumental pieces of the puzzle (Scott on electric 8-string guitar and Jamie on upright bass) to flourish, and created a shared experience - representative of the world I want to help build and inhabit - one in which we are not alone, in which we are stronger together, in which we are allies to and not competitors with one another. It’s a world I believe is possible through education and action against systems of oppression and for new systems from which everyone benefits. Re-releasing the album with this addition has helped complete a cycle of healing and serves as a literal record of time, place, and process. It’s helped me realize that listening to and embracing those who have come before us, who have been fighting the fight against so many odds and for so many years, is a reminder that we do not live this life alone - and will not go into the future alone, either.

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releases November 10, 2023

All songs written by Claire Wellin

Vocals, Violins, Concert Uke, Electric Guitar on “Get Caught Trying” - Claire Wellin
Piano, Wurlitzer, Acoustic & Electric Guitars - Scott Stangland
Baritone Uke, Vocals on “Might As Well Have Gone To The Movies” - Tiffany Topol
Viola, Vocals on “Might As Well Have Gone To The Movies” - Cassidy Stirtz
Upright Bass - Jamie Mohamdein
Vibraphone, Drums, Percussion - Mike Hanf

Produced by Claire Wellin & Allen Tate
Engineered by Allen Tate
Remote Engineering by Ryan Mannix, Carter Stirtz, and Dave Greenberg
Tracks 01-11 mixed by Kyle Joseph
Track 12 mixed by Allen Tate
Mastered by Tyler McDiarmid
Artwork by Steve Ponzo

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