#Cut Worms

[bandcampsnoop]

5/12/24.

Richard Tripps (Big Sur, California) has a new album coming out on Perpetual Doom (New Hope, Pennsylvania). But rather than post about the new release, we'll start at the beginning - his S/T debut.

There are many obvious clues in the Bandcamp write-up for this release that serve as harbinger that I would love this release (and soon put it on my Discogs wantlist).

It was recorded at The Unknown in Anacortes, Washington. Tripps' music is described as "the musical equivalent of a late-night drive up the coast. For fans of Cate Le Bon, White Fence, and Cut Worms." And later, Tripps music is said to conjure the musical spirit of The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground (listen to this track off the new album) and Leonard Cohen. I would say it also reminds me of Fortunato Durutti Marinetti and Virginia Trance.

[ebthanyyart]

Vash as Cut Worms! (Aka Max Clarke) 🎸🎶🪱 Don’t fade out ❤️

[beautiful-noises]

baring my necessities

[listen here]

i. i don't wanna be funny anymore lucy dacus/ ii. nihilist kite flyer loving/ iii. heaven knows i'm miserable now the smiths/ iv. for the eradication of seemly incurable sadness ezra bell/ v. jubilation norma tanega/ vi. oom sha la la haley heynderickx/ vii. windows frankie cosmos/ viii. l.a. (looking alive) madison cunningham/ ix. write a list of little things to look forward to courtney barnett/ x. good day bombay bicycle club/ xi. oh boredom (schmaltz city, usa) star parks/ xii. statues in the garden (arras) local natives/ xiii. veteran's day cut worms/ xiv. roll it back luthi/ xv. 2 wrecked 2 care cmat/ xvi. mistress america flyte/ xvii. i'm down, whatever jw francis/ xviii. adult christian leave/ xix. cosmos yabadum/ xx. get on racoma/ xxi. a street that rhymes at 6am norma tanega/ xxii. ...familiar place lucy dacus/

[phantalgia]

'And You'll Know We Have Many Roads To Follow'

I tried getting into contact with an old friend who wanted to reach out to me in 2023. I was excited, they were a person I really liked in the past and was, again, one of those moments where I failed and mucked it up. I liked them and they had a crush on me. But my self sabatoge got the better of me. And they found someone else.

All of it pretty much my fault and quite embarassing and immature, I faked being in a relationship so they could get away from me because I hated myself. I didnt think I was good enough. I was in a lot of pain because I liked this person and wanted to be with them. They really were right up my alley of the type of person I wanted to be around.

I spoke with some random person about this whole ordeal and he convinced me to actually give it a shot with this person. And I went yeah! I should, if it doesn't work out, so what! I learned something.

I can't remember what happened next but I do remember being too late. They were taken...I was devestated. And never really talked to them again until 2023 when I reached out to them and apologized for the things I did.

Months later they wanted to hang out with me, which was the thing that excited me. A rekindled relation that I could fix up. I tried to talk to them the best I could but I was really shy and scared...and again...I messed it up. I was too scared and we never hung out. This was in the middle of me dealing with Long COVID.

Eventually they just stopped talking to me, never responded to my DMs and was once again taken by someone else, the same thing happened again. I realized my usefulness wasn't needed anymore so I removed them and moved on.

'Somewhere, someday we might meet again Who knows which way we'll go?'

So we did meet again, but alas history repeats itself. We have many roads to follow, just not this road. There's quite a bit of pain, mostly self inflicted. But this hurt me a lot especially in a moment of self discovery and trying to reach out to people i care about that I lost.

And as you'll know we have many roads to follow. They all went down their own roads. I feel like just a blip in their lives. Insignificant. Or even malignant.

I don’t know where my road is taking me. It's just a mystery and it's a lonely one at that.

'Someday you'll be calling out my name and you won’t get answer'

I’m calling out for a lot of names. No answer. The regret and guilt I have today just is so much for me. These were some great people. And I think about them a lot. But my only wish now is for them all to live happy lives.

I think much of what aflicts me now, the struggles I’m dealing with now is just karma. I deserved this. I deserved this suffering because I wasnt aware that other people were also struggling and wanted to be around me. I shut them out of my life and now I have to suffer lonely...I never felt so lonely in my life.

No matter how many friends I now have it just doesn't fill this empty sensation I have in my chest that those people filled my soul. It's a very specific feeling that each one filled in their own unique ways. I really don’t think anyone can quite fill it. But I’m afraid of trapping myself in a situation where I’m taking for granted the current friends I have. Maybe they don’t fill my soul the same way those people did and that could be because those people felt more like borderline romantic relationships.

'Calling Out Your Name, Now We'll Get an Answer'

Maybe someone will answer. This doesn't have to be literally those people but the type of people I’m looking for. Or maybe I’m trying to have an impact on people's lives. I’m not sure.

I’m tired of this isolation. I’m really sure how to talk to people or find people I’m looking for. I just want something different and to make up for the damage I've done to people.

Final Comments on "Many Roads to Follow"

I love Cut Worms. One of my favorite musicians today. Many Roads to Follow just reflects on many people you meet and cherish and how for many of us just have new places we go to and we have to move on. The grief of losing those special people, and the hope that you'll meet those people again some day.

The song itself just sounds like a big road trip or journey. A celebration but also a mourning of what we once had and that maybe it's not over. And just the unpredictability of where we'll end up.

[radiofauxshow]

Song of the Day: March 31, 2024

Cut Worms: Louisiana Rain Louisiana Rain on Amazon Prime Music Max Clarke records under the band name Cut Worms. He released his third album last year, and is about to start a run with his touring band as the opening act for Wilco’s 2024 tour. I’ve been listening to his latest record, which includes appearances by the D’Addario brothers (aka The Lemon Twigs). I enjoyed that album enough to dig…

[tuuneoftheday]

Cut Worms - Ballad of the Texas King

[popofventi]

VentiSongs | July 2023

[audiomoods]

I’ll never make it My touch can’t feel without you I’ll never make it My life’s not real without you Somebody else could say all these things Well, that’s true… But they just can’t understand it The way that I do

I'll Never Make It - Cut Worms

[mxdwn]

ALBUM REVIEW: Cut Worms – Cut Worms

[yellowsnow77]

Cut Worms - Cut Worms

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[polaroidblog]

“Memoria polaroid” – un blog alla radio S22E36

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[robmoro]

Listen | Cut Worms announces new record + single 'Ballad of the Texas King'

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and musician Max Clarke, known as Cut Worms, has announced the details of his new self-titled album alongside the lead single ‘Ballad of the Texas King’. Cut Worms is, in many ways, a reaction to Clarke’s extensive double LP, Nobody Lives Here Anymore, which was produced in Memphis during 2020. Through this album, Clarke is said to delve further into the concept…