The Laughing Rose

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> Studio Album
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> ### Genre
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> Punk, Art pop, Garage rock
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> Arcadia Records
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> * Siren's Lament Pt. II
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> * Period of Pink Daydreams
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> Singles
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> * 1. I Set Fire to Our Bed
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> * 2. To My Youth
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> * 3. Hunger
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> * 4. I'm Addicted to You
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> *"The laughing rose isn't even a rose; it's made from the torn apart wings of butterflies. With the stem made of a snake. Held together by her tears all those lies are the only things she knows. Poor rose, all she'll ever be is a Laughing Rose"*
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**The Laughing Rose** is the debut album released by the band Syrene + the Loving Arms, released on February 4, (\*&\*) by Arcadia Records. A majority of the production was handled by the bandmembers along with writing.

## Background

### Composition

"Merry Go Round" is a cynical observation of the darker side of life according to Rich it's "*calling out the hypocritical side of so-called pure and happy Americana*". Lita says, "*it's the moment when you realize how fucked up your life is and that there is no such thing as normal*". It is also the only song on the album to feature an acoustic guitar and a banjo. "I Set Fire to Our Bed" is an up-tempo garage rock song inspired by her sister's toxic first relationship with a boy that was riled with domestic abuse. When she heard it for the first time she laughed.

"Selfish" focusing on Syrene calling out a former lover. "Fox Girls and Glass Shoes" is a darkly atmospheric song based on a bad drug trip Syrene experience had in her youth. It explores acts of hedonism, death and fear. "Cold Skin" was written by Akasha and Syrene who were facing the end of a relationship (past and present). "Hunger" is based on Syrene's teenage years in which she struggled with an eating disorder. It also explores the correlation of beauty, romance, and mortality.

"Lost Daughter" in a pure punk track calling out society's treatment of the 'lost daughter' a character featured in the album primary written by Syrene and Akasha and was inspired by their experiences and the women they know. "Charlot" was primary written by Akasha and inspired by "Selfish" and is its sequel, giving the lover a name while detailing the beginning and conclusion of the relationship.

"I'm Addicted to You" is the darkest song on the album and was written by Riccardo but was inspired by Akasha's father who was a pedophile and is written from his point of view towards his victims. "The Laughing Rose" the final song and the song the title the album is derived from is based on the poem Akasha's sister wrote to her on a birthday card before killing herself. Seffora Salazar was sexually abused by their father and developed a drug addiction that took her life.

## Track Listing

**Samples**

* "Merry Go Round" samples the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" as a continued play-on-words. The latter part of the song retells another traditional nursery rhyme, "Jack and Jill", in a modernized fashion.
* "Fox Girls and Glass Shoes" contains a sample of "Happy House" performed by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
* "I'm Addicted to You" samples "Rape Me" performed by Nirvana.

## Trivia

* The title of the song and album was inspired by a poem Akasha's sister Seffora wrote for her on a birthday she received after her death.
* Syrene's sister Aggie and Monte created the artwork for their album.
* The album is dedicated to Seffora Salazar.