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    Written before, during, and after a family severance, this collection grapples with boundaries, heartbreak, and what it means to Say So. All songs written by The Rough & Tumble, and recorded with Dave Coleman in East Nashville, TN.

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Family trauma goes deep, reflecting in the words we borrow from our parents. Written during a time of roaming, when going home would hurt more than it could heal.

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You Took Your Turn
written by Mallory Graham & Scott Tyler


You don’t say much, and so you’re buying.
I’m ungrateful, but at least I try.
Ain’t open arms if I come home,
So for longer-- a while longer-- I think I’ll roam.

You said you almost choked from laughing when I cried.
I guess it hurt.
And I’m smiling like a possum eating thistle briars.
I stole your words,
You took your turn.

Well you can’t spend what you don’t earn,
And all you made went back into the dirt.
I read your Bible, you reap what you sow--
And I’m the only-- am I the only?-- weed you’ve grown.

You said you almost choked from laughing when I cried.
I guess it hurt.
And I’m biting down on fiberglass and thistle briars.
I took your words
You lost your turn.

I think of you when the lake frogs croak.
The only sound to drown the meanness of your joke.
You want thicker skin from your kid--
But I stayed fragile as the frogs.
And I sing louder, I sing louder,
I sing louder, I sing louder,
I sing louder, so much louder
I sing louder---
Than they ever did.

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from We're Only Family If You Say So, track released December 11, 2020
Written and performed by The Rough & Tumble
Mallory Graham: vocals, accordion, bowed glockenspiel, noises
Scott Tyler: vocals, guitar
Taylor Donskey: vocals, bass guitars
Chris Benelli: drums, percussion

Engineered and mixed by Dave Coleman
at Howard's Apartment Studio
Produced by Dave Coleman and The Rough & Tumble
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville

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The Rough & Tumble Haverhill, New Hampshire

The Rough & Tumble are a dumpster-folk/thriftstore Americana band consisting of Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler. Only This Far, their latest full length record is out May 12, 2023. "The bottom line is these are just quality songs, well written, well played, well sung and arranged, and a pleasure from start to end."- AmericanaUK ... more

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