March 28th - The Midnight Underground - 7 pm
March 30th - Occupy Pancakes - 12 pm (The Tragic Optimism at 3 pm)
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Collage by @patrickgenie
@thetragicoptimism on April 20, 2025 at @looseyspub in Gainesville, FL. More at YouTube.com/awchadwick — link in bio. #thetragicoptimism #gainesvillebands #floridabands #chadwickarchives
JUST WORLD: A new song about the just world fallacy- maybe prioritizing personal joy and calling it a revolutionary act is not enough? 🤔
#justworld #anticapitalism #localmusicians #punkrock #punk #gnv #riotgrrrl
Show Thursday June 26 at @looseyspub with @runninglate.mp3 and @hasellnutt . Entry is free! New songs premiering.
After this, we’ll probably take a few months off from shows as we work on recording. Hope to see you Thursday!
It's been one year of TTO! 'Anyone' was the first song we ever created. The whole experience of writing that song (and the whole album) felt divinely inspired. Like my subconscious finally purged itself ala The Exorcist. So maybe not 'divine' exactly, but inspired... by something. My insecure attachment style? The shadow self? Shame? ...Whatever, either way, I made my therapist read all my lyrics 🤷
I'm excited for this next year of the band. We're going to start recording soon and now that the songs are written, I'm looking forward to bringing all the imaginary videos that play in my head into reality so they can finally leave. me. alone.
Catch us this Sunday 4/20 @looseyspub and get a free zine!
xoxo,
Sarah St. Clarke 💋💓
#music #rockband #punkband #riotgrrrl #thetragicoptimism #newmusic
So excited to be working on new songs! This one is called MAGA country, it's about the sadness and grief I feel watching vulnerable people fall for propaganda designed to manipulate them into voting against their own interests. There's nothing radical about feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, and protecting the most marginalized of our population. Americans deserve leaders that will protect us, not billionaires that will exploit ignorance. #fuckfascism #fucktheoligarchy #gnvmusic #thetragicoptimism
#tbt to the Halloween show we played at @looseyspub !
We've been quiet so far this year- each of us have been experiencing our own dark night of the soul this winter. It's okay tho, we're working on new music that encapsulates our collective dread and dismay that is the year 2025 🎂🥳
We had such a great time at @thesl8gallery on November 9th! Thanks to everyone who showed support and donated, we raised almost $400 for the local abortion clinic.
We're excited to do more benefit shows and looking to find ways to make ourselves useful in this late stage capitalism shit storm. Stay strong, friends ♥️
