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How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Rock · 1988 · 11 tracks

How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today

Suicidal Tendencies

A pivotal pivot from skate punk to technical thrash. Manic, conversational vocals meet complex, dual-guitar precision and deep-seated existential frustration.

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The record where the skate punks grew up, got technical, and started overthinking everything in the best way possible.

A high-tension blend of outward aggression and inward psychological turmoil.

How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today · vs · Suicidal Tendencies
Nasal+1.3σ

The vocals lean notably further into nasal than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Trip at the Brain
4:33
02
Hearing Voices
4:14
03
Pledge Your Allegiance
4:32
04
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow
6:45
05
The Miracle
5:28
06
Suicyco Mania
5:53
07
Surf and Slam
2:52
08
If I Don’t Wake Up
4:54
09
Sorry?!
3:48
10
One Too Many Times
3:13
11
The Feeling’s Back
4:05
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the clean, melancholic intro of the title track into the crushing double-time thrash riff
Rocky George's fluid, neo-classical leaning solo on Trip at the Brain that defies standard punk simplicity
The gang-vocal chant of the chorus in Pledge Your Allegiance that transforms individual angst into a collective anthem
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