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Local Celebrity is the first single off our debut record "Sugar, I'm Tired" via Substitute Scene Records. Local Celebrity is about feeling desperate and out of control in a relationship where it feels like the cards are stacked against you. It's an attempt to move from a place of victimization to standing up in the face of laughter and ridicule.
The song was inspired by one of my most embarrassing moments. Some backstory: when I was 18, I was in a long distance relationship with a guy who I was madly, unhealthily in love with. He was in a band, he had cool friends, he lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2009 so he was Very Cool. I felt like such a loser stuck in Missouri. I wanted to be in New York where I could finally be a person who could be worthy of him. I always felt lucky that he chose me. Anyway, the story is, his band was opening for Surfer Blood at Mercury Lounge. Big deal. I wanted to come visit him to go to the show but he told me all the tickets were sold out and I couldn’t go. I was determined to come to the show anyway. So I did what anyone would do in 2009, I made a Craigslist ad looking for tickets. However, I saw there was another Craigslist ad where someone was also looking for tickets. I knew I had to stand out somehow, so I wrote in my post to say that I was looking for tickets because my boyfriend is playing in the opening band and I want to be there to “support my man.” A few days later I get a call from him at band practice. I can hear his bandmates laughing in the background. He says “babe, did you make a Craigslist ad?” and I could just hear them laughing and laughing at me. I denied it, but he coaxed the truth out of me and I was humiliated. I’ve lived in NYC for 13 years now and I’ve still never been to the Mercury Lounge.
lyrics
Thought I could be a lucky one
Thought I could try my hand at love
You are a gambler
Counting cards
Aces kings they dont mean a thing
Let’s pretend its a video game
You’re a bad habit
A movie star
Just keep counting
I’ll distract the security guards
Numbers, figures and plans won’t make me feel better
Rules and regulations won’t control your laughter
And I hear you laughing at me
Lost my scorecard over my head
Lost my jersey and my helmet
You were the star player on my team
Turns you you’re just a washed up local celebrity
Numbers, figures and plans won’t make me feel better
Rules and regulations won’t control your laughter
And I hear you laughing at me
I hear you laughing at me
On the dewy field I try to breathe
Numbers, figures and plans won’t make me feel better
Thought I could count on you but it’s not adding up, dear
Do you feel sorry for me?
Guess I feel sorry for me
Gonna take some time before I can breathe
credits
from Sugar, I'm Tired,
track released June 28, 2023
Allison Becker: Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics
Anders Pierson: Lead Guitar
Paul DeSilva: Bass
Stephen Cadieux: Drums
Recording Engineer: Digo Best
Mixing Engineer: Digo Best
Mastering Engineer: Jennica Best
Recorded at Virtue and Vice Studios and Tessatura Studio, Summer 2022, New York City
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