Imaginary Life Turns 10

10 years ago today, Worriers released our first full-length album “Imaginary Life” on Don Giovanni Records. Four friends and I drove out to Rancho Recordo in Michigan (to this day my favorite studio) and with the help of engineer Marc Jacob Hudson and producer Laura Jane Grace, we recorded 12 songs that I consider to be the foundation of the band. It’s both personal and political, punk but also pop.

Years later I am still so proud of these songs, of their message, and what they’ve meant to other people. I’m eternally grateful for the connections I’ve formed with friends and fans over the lyrics in songs like “They / Them / Theirs”, “Most Space” or “Yes All Cops.” It feels like a completely separate lifetime from the one I’m living now, but I love what we made and want to celebrate it.

To commemorate this wild anniversary, we’re including five demos with purchase of the album and an edition of 100 signed and numbered postcards for anyone who purchases a physical copy. I found one demo of Chasing that we recorded in Michigan late at night on a cassette deck that for some reason also includes a xylophone. The other four are demos of our first four songs, including “All I Ever Wanted”, the original title for “Jinx”, that were recorded in Brooklyn with the original 3-piece lineup of the band - myself, Justin Sullivan, and Mike Catalano.

The band formed as a side project, just some kids who liked punkrock and the Reigning Sound. It turned into so much more than originally intended. Best case scenario, really. I hope you enjoy hearing where this all started!

On Imaginary Life, Worriers was:
Lauren Denitzio - guitar and vocals
Rachel Rubino - guitar
John McLean - guitar
Audrey Zee Whitesides - bass
Mikey Erg - drums

Watch our tour video for Plans where it looks like all I did was sing, play guitar, and call tow trucks.

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