Led by Cameron Carr, Trying make what we’ve previously described as a “playful style of bedroom pop that evokes the sense of amazement we feel growing up.” Since we last covered the band back in 2017, Trying have released their debut album, and are now hard at work on what comes next. Today we have the pleasure of unveiling a brand new song, the first new music from a forthcoming project that will result in two new Trying releases.
‘If I Don’t Get a Job’ is short and sweet, what Carr calls “a lovesick indie pop admittance about the feeling of going nowhere in life but still wanting someone to be there with you.” In some ways it shares themes with the Michael Cormier record we covered earlier this week, a kind of “Love in the Time of (Un)Employment” vibe that takes the day-to-day drudgery of worrying about finding work (or working too much) and brightens it with simple human connection. The song begins with a twee sweetness and blossoms into fun singalong pop, just hints of a garage rock edge and emo desperation hurdling any accusations of schmaltz.
It signals what to expect on the forthcoming releases, Trying exploring more mature themes without abandoning their sense of simple joy. The new record is “not so much about the direct, intense experiences of mental health struggles,” Carr describes in an email, “but more about the ambiguous and far-reaching effects those struggles have on our daily life.”
You can find Trying on Bandcamp.
Photo by Sierra Mollenkopf