AN AUDIO GUIDE TO SORRY ABOUT THE MESS #2
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9. Where I Find Myself (2026), Alice Sheppard Fidler
8. The Helens (2026), Helen Grundy
12 & 13. Embodied Histories 4 & 5 (2026), Dyana Gravina
11. Mummy Needs a Tramadol (2026), Laura Lulika
Please scroll to the bottom of the page for track description and lyrics*
1. Mercreatures of the Post-Anthropocene (2023), Ellen Angus
14. Furry Purry (2006/2026), Jemima Brown
*Mummy Needs a Tramadol Lyrics and Track Description
Track created by Medical Museum (Hang Linton and Laura Lulika with contributions from their child whose artist name is currently Blabla Shaboobledink)
Track description: This is a punk track reminiscent of 70s/80s riotgrrl punk with a heavy ska influence. Lulika provides vocals with a Northern twang from shouting, throaty chanting to softer singing. Our kid's shouting is scattered throughout and Hang contributes with backing vocals. Towards the end of the track there is a vibe shift where we chant together in elongated throaty and croaky way in the style of chanting monks adding in some 80s goth synth elements and softer singing at the end.
(Child shouting) MUMMY NEEDS A TRAMADOLLLL
(Groovy ska jam comes in)
(Kid shouting chopped Mu- uh -uh -uh - mmy Needs a Tr-am-adol ooh ooh ah ah ooh ah ah) repeated while (Hang sings) oooh oooooh and a marimba sounding synth plays a melody in the background
(Kid shouting) TRAMADOLLLL
(Lulika) Mummy needs Mummy needs mummy needs a tramadol
Shaking like a shitting dog
Mummy needs a tramadol
Fainting off the bog on the floor
Needs a tramadol
Head covered in blood
Mummy needs, needs a tramadol
(Kid shouting chopped Mu- uh -uh -uh - mmy Needs a Tr-am-adol ooh ooh ah ah ooh ah ah) repeated with a light marimba sounding synth playing a melody in the background
(Lulika) Cursed pelvis never stops
Mummy needs a tramadol
Pink piss red shit
Mummy needs a tramadol
Pink piss! Red shit!
Mummy needs a tramadol
Better come quick come quick with a tramadol
Mummy hold this! Mummy hold this!
Mummy Mummy
Mummy hold this! Mummy hold this!
Mummy Mummy
Make you better, you'll feel better
Mummy Mum
(Kid shouting chopped Mu- uh -uh -uh - mmy Needs a Tr-am-adol ooh ooh ah ah ooh ah ah) repeated with a light marimba sounding synth playing a melody in the background
(Lulika) Bring a big stick, bring a small toy
Bring a bring a
Bring a turtle, bring a sad boy
Bring a bring a
Bring a heat pad bring your rich Dad
Bring a bring a
Bring a bottle bring a swaddle
Mummy needs a!
Bring a turtle, bring a sad boy
Bring a bring a
Bring a heat pad, bring your rich Dad
Bring a bring a
Bring a bottle, bring a swaddle
Mummy needs a! Mummy needs a!
Tramadol
(Kid shouting chopped Mu- uh -uh -uh - mmy Needs a Tr-am-adol ooh ooh ah ah ooh ah ah) repeated with a light marimba sounding synth playing a melody in the background
(We all chant together in a throaty croaky elongated style) please call back at 8am to make an appointment - repeated with drums and breaks carrying it through
(Kid shouting) TRAMADOLLL
Throaty chanting continues with an added layer of the (Kid shouting chopped Mu- uh -uh -uh - mmy Needs a Tr-am-adol ooh ooh ah ah ooh ah ah) coming back around repeated
Another layer joins, a slow and sad sounding synth melody while the chanting and Kid shouting continues
An abrupt break where all layers fade away other than the chanting repeated.
While the chanting continues
(Lulika sings)
But it won't cure you
But it won't cure you
Swallow it down
But it won't cure you
But it won't cure you
Swallow it down
But it won't cure you
Swallow it down
Some ghostly high pitched echoey noises fade into silence
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