'The Truth Doesn't Live Here' vinyl [exclusive first pressing]
Our second full-length album is
now available on vinyl! Are your peers harboring doubts about your being a "music" person? Do you lie awake at night, paralyzed with fear that your coworkers might think you're only saying you're into "indie" bands for clout, and that you're one key LP short from becoming your friend group's own Anthony Fantano? Well, we can fix that.
$35.00 USD
'The Truth Doesn't Live
Here' CD
If you're still a proponent of the compact disc, do not panic — we made sure to make The Truth Doesn't Live Here CDs. We're not quite sure how you actually play these (Ralph tried stuffing his into an "Alexa" and ended up cutting his hand pretty bad), but we'll trust that all you CD freaks out there have a clue. Just buy it and let us know.
$10.00 USD
'The Truth Doesn't Live Here' crewneck
Trauma Cat is now in the Gildan Heavy Blend sweatshirt game with this impossibly cozy signature crewneck, emblazoned with the artwork from our second record, The Truth Doesn't Live Here. Throw on this loud-ass yellow pullover and watch as all your dad's libertarian friends dubiously adjust their monocles.
$30.00 USD
Horror tee
Calling all heather gray-heads and fans of Cat People: This is the product for you. Introducing a brand new unisex Bella Canvas tee featuring the Trauma Cat "horror" logo and our adorable little Kit-Cat Clock friend.
$20.00 USD
Get a look at our full slate of official merch. 😿
The CAT-aloG
Everything we've released to date, with apologies.
THE TRUTH ABOUT TRAUMA CAT
The Truth About Trauma Cat is a five-part internet dox-u-series from Vaux News that dares to ask, "What is Trauma Cat? Is it music? Is it a computer virus? Is it even real?"
Episode 1: Trending
Episode 2: Digital Shepherds
Episode 3: The Tulpamancer
Episode 4: Face-to-Fake
Episode 5: Answers
About
Trauma Cat are equal parts band and absurdist performance art troupe. Hailing from Syracuse, New York, they call themselves “America’s sorriest power trio” — at once a superlative and a self-own befitting of the strange, tongue-in-cheek musicians at the group’s core.
Co-fronted by guitarist Ralph Kojig and bassist Roman Pando with drummer Rutger DiBoyere, Trauma Cat’s sound is the bastard child of Cake and Tool, or a modern American answer to XTC — a collage of art rock and progressive rock with shades of post-punk, shoegaze, and powerpop. Lyrically, Kojig’s and Pando’s songs often reflect on religion, death, and the internet.
Trauma Cat self-released their debut album, Prepare to Apologize, in 2021. Co-produced by the band and the mysterious St. Julian P. Dingus, the record marked the arrival of the trio as an ambitious DIY act to watch. Indie critics cited the band’s sense of humor and technical skill, calling the album “an irreverent and eclectic gem” (NYSMusic) with “detailed lyricism and dynamic instrumental soundscapes” (BuzzMusic). The record, NYSMusic continues, introduced listeners to Trauma Cat’s “hilarious take on the music biz” with a persona evoking “a combination of punk pioneers Devo and Saturday morning cartoon favorites Josie and the Pussycats.”
In late 2022, following the release of five new singles and a satirical online “dox-u-series” called The Truth About Trauma Cat, the band dropped their sophomore effort, The Truth Doesn’t Live Here. Once again marrying biting sarcasm with a potent sadness and classic prog chops, the 19-track epic is Trauma Cat doubling down on their genre-defying, “so-weird-it-works” brand of writing and production.
Today, the band are quickly drawing the attention of music fans and promoters alike with their theatrical live performances that transcend typical rock show fare in favor of an unpredictable, irony-tinged multimedia experience.