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Trippers & Askers – Tried To Do'S
Artist: Trippers & Askers
Title: Tried To Do's
Genre: Indie & Alternative / Alternative Rock / Alternative Folk
Label: Sleepy Cat Records
"Tried To Do’s is the second full length album from Trippers & Askers - the songwriting and recording project of Jay Hammond. Drafts of this record started as early as 2019. The initial idea was a Parable of the Talents concept album to follow 2021's Parable of the Sower concept album Acorn and/or an album about Hammond's hometown of Jackson, TN. Many moves, much traveling and many losses later - the loss of his future child, the loss of his grandmother, the near loss of his father in law, and the hit of hurricane Helene in his adopted hometown of Asheville, NC - this record became a record about loss. It’s a record about ways of mourning, ways of ""re-membering"", both with the family in which Hammond was raised as a child and the family of which he has come to inhabit multiple roles as an adult.
The songs on Tried To Do’s deal with the quotidian themes of love, family and loss through the prism of both Buddhist and Christian ways of mourning.Through songs and stories of loss in relation to Hammond's upbringing in the bible belt U.S. South, Tried To Do’s sets up a productive tension between Buddhist and Christian rituals and beliefs about mourning.
The album was recorded over a series of three sessions in Durham, NC and Brooklyn, NY, and features mainstays of the scenes in both of those cities including Andy Stack (Wye Oak, Lambchop, Helado Negro), Joe Westerlund (Bon Iver, Califone), Casey Toll (Nathan Bowles), Libby Rodenbough (Mipso, Fust), Chessa Rich, Joseph Decosimo, Stephanie Coleman (Nora Brown), Matt O'Connell, Matt Evans, Adrian Knight, Michael Hammond, and Greg Chudzic. The cover art was created by critically acclaimed songwriter Will Stratton.
Description

Tried To Do'S by Trippers & Askers is an engaging alternative album that explores themes of connection and reflection. Released on vinyl through Sleepy Cat Records, this record showcases a blend of introspective lyrics and captivating melodies.
Highlights

    Genre: Alternative
    Format: Vinyl
    Label: Sleepy Cat Records
    Thought-provoking themes
    Engaging melodies

Track Listing

01. New Churchyard

02. No Coming, No Going

03. Closeness

04. Seven Homecomings

05. Re-Membering

06. Kin

07. Waterhole

08. Trust

09. Old Churchyard
Format Details

    Label: Sleepy Cat Records
    Genre: Alternative
    Format: Vinyl

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 05/22/2026