Tragicomic is Greg Amici's comeback album, his first record in 16 years after his career was cut short by a polyp on his vocal chords. Finally able to sing again the former member of Big Honey and The Clergy and Junk recorded the album with producer Ray Ketchum at his Magic Door recording Studio's in Montclair New Jersey with help from James Mastro, Ray Ketchem, Tony Shanahan, Joe Gentile, Renee LoBue, Tommy Aboussleman, Chris Robertson Produced by James Mastro, Recorded & mixed by Ray Ketchem.
The album opens with Pumpkin Man reverb heavy guitars over a deeply funky bassline for getting back with an Ex after a near death experience, he’s been reborn and is in perfect health ready to weather to storm while living life looking like a Halloween ghoul.
Spin That Ball show us you could be in the Globetrotters, you can keep the plates spinning and never lose anything, being forced to sit on the sidelines is not your style, can you avoid a life of polyester suits, well the instrumental freak out may help.
Cynthia, Come To Me an indie ska pop song begging for some love and affection, on the beach and elsewhere, with a girl he just lusts after. A total man on a mission will you give in and be his, hopefully he won't need any luncheon vouchers to get what he wants from you, long before the whistling takes over, battling it out against the guitar solo.
Girl Next Door a slow rocker trying to persuade the Girl Next Door to allow him his fun and games, despite her front row seat to all his other infidelities.
Remedy a plea for finding the right medicine, or diet to solve your problems, this has a bit of a Musical theatre feel to it, like it comes from halfway through a musical rehab melodrama.
Junky Eyes slow acoustic pain filled memories of junked out times, your skeletal grip, time slips away, never wanting the night to end, vampiric existence try to smile and survive. Sax blowing through the capillaries of your Junky Eyes.
Greenwood an upbeat heartlands rock anthem, hanging out in that small town, chasing that next high, going round and round that eternal wheel of existence, not quite as scary as Bensonhurst was to The Styrenes.
In Like A Lion hopping buses and telling tales of the road and beyond, get the old crew together and maraud, blasted stretched guitars plans hatched in secrets, the road to Seattle, a river of brown in which to drown.
No Fool a good chugging rocker for being one of the old guys still out doing it, hanging in bars he should have grown out of, your meant to behave like a dad, but hell you just can't go straight you old fool. Are you gonna OD again, can you stay out of rehab.
Tom Seaver has a long slow loping ska, casio keyboards pop prog, rap thing to tell us about his Tom Seaver obsession and all he got up to, trying to live up to a poster of your hero pitcher, while secretly dreaming of downing another kid of pitcher, one day you'll transform into Tom Seaver.
Jennifer has been through a lot, since her heyday at Woodstock, now she's stuck in a river of Love with Greg, at least he hasn't cut her body to Pieces, he kisses her hair in the grass she's no Jennifer Eight, maybe this time it all works out for Jennifer on this epic windblown Bert Sommers song.
I'll Be Back once he's had a little redemption, cleaned the poison with the dark slow drumbeat, sharpened strings, committing who knows what, to help make sure I'll Be Back and have a stash to make the trip worthwhile, this time he won't go back to all the darkness and pain again.
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