Growing Up Hurts

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released 06 May 2014 
suggested download price: $5 

The Rare Occasions 
Feelers 

Brian McLaughlin: 
lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, ukulele 

Peter Stone: 
electric guitar, backing vocals 

Jeremy Cohen: 
bass, rhythm guitar, backing vocals 

Luke Imbusch: 
drums, backing vocals, bells, tambourine 


Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 5 recorded and engineered by Brian McLaughlin except drums tracked at Stone Otis Studios, Framingham, MA. 

Track 4 recorded and engineered by Steve Sacco at The Record Company, Boston, MA. 

Produced by Brian McLaughlin 

Mastered by Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA 

Cover photo by Deanna Archetto 

Special thanks to our manager Arianna Soto 

© 2014 the rare occasions

Halfheartedly

Fell Through

song about the love of ur life dying and how bad u want to go home (heaven) this didnt happen to me tho

untitled

Lyrics

I don’t want to say it is over
i know this is not an end (and what is?)

Am i too wrong to try to steal a heart?
Am i too wrong if a try to steal a heart?
Am i too wrong to want to steal your heart?

I don’t want to say it’s over
I know this is not an end
This kind of love don’t go nowhere 
who’s to say that love exists
only when there is no more doubts?

I don’t want to say it is over
i know this is not an end (and what is?)

Am i too wrong to try to steal a heart?
Am i too wrong if a try to steal a heart?
Am i too wrong to want to steal your heart?

(I don’t know)
I don’t want to say it is over
i know this is not an end

I am the one that would never abandon you 
I am the one that would never abandon you
I am the one that would never…
abandon you.

#indie #leoatthedoor #indierock

This is not an end (demo)

Music and lyrics by Atomic Cafe 

Harrison Miles - vocals, guitar
Nathaniel Essma - guitar 
Ben Lohrding - drums 
Sean Latter - bass guitar 
Ben Engen - keyboard, auxiliary percussion 

Recorded, mixed, mastered by Harrison Miles 
Cover art by Ben Engen

Further - EP

Killing An Afternoon

Gently

LYRICS

cause lately every week has been a bad week
so tell me why we're always fucking shouting
and lately everything has been about me
is it cause u doubt me
could u live without me

i can't forgive myself for making u feel so blue
and it sucks to admit that my worst nightmare might become true

i never meant to make u cry
even tho u said ur fine
it would be a fuckin crime 
to break ur heart twice

so tell me baby girl what u think about me
and could please explain why ur always frowning
so baby are u mad or are u lonely
am i just a phony
do i even know me

i can't forgive myself for the things i put u thru
and it sucks to admit that my worst nightmare might become true

i never meant to make u cry
even tho u said ur fine
it would be a fuckin crime 
to break ur heart twice

ur flawless, im jobless
i know that im obnoxious
ur so stressed, im a mess
so baby let's be honest
ur nauseous, im toxic
ur breath smells just like vomit
ur topless, im not shit
our make-up sex is constant

i never meant to make u cry
even tho u said ur fine
it would be a fuckin crime
to break ur heart twice

break your heart twice

Getaway

Such is the Way

NEW ALBUM out now
https://linktr.ee/therareoccasions

The Rare Occasions are an LA-based, New England-bred indie rock band known for their explosive garage rock anthems with catchy vocal harmonies.

The Rare Occasions are an LA-based, New England-bred indie rock band known for their explosive garage rock anthems with catchy vocal harmonies.

The Rare Occasions formed in Boston in 2012. Since then, they have toured nationally, won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and released a vast catalog of music online.

In 2021 the band released their album, Big Whoop, which received significant press and radio play. Around the same time, their 2016 track “Notion” went viral on TikTok and continues to make waves, topping Spotify’s viral chart in the US and several other countries, and later landing on Billboard’s alternative charts and top 100 singles charts in the UK, Ireland, and Canada. 

They recently released their 3rd LP, Through Moonshot Eyes end of 2024. They’ve garnered radio play across the states, and even in the UK for the new album and completed a national headlining tour to support it.

Such is the Way

The Rare Occasions

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