Crywank are a three-piece Anti-Folk band from Manchester, England. They are… Read Full Bio ↴Crywank are a three-piece Anti-Folk band from Manchester, England. They are self-managed, unsigned and focus mostly on sad or silly songs.

Crywank started in 2009 with Jay Clayton attempting to do some folk-punk influenced acoustic music with no previous experience playing guitar. The first album "James is going to die soon" was inspired by a painful break up. Jay stated that "I wrote these songs out of frustration and sadness and they ended up making me feel a lot better, I hope they have a similar effect on you".

In 2012 Crywank released their second album 'Narcissist On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown'. Described as "a collection of paranoid songs mostly about me trying to understand my own sadness along with the concept of sadness as a whole. It was fueled by self help books and pot."

In late 2012 Dan Watson joined Crywank on percussion, and in early 2013 they released tour demos for their third album 'Tomorrow Is Nearly Yesterday And Everyday Is Stupid' which was released in October 2013.

In 2016 Jay and Dan began couch surfing to afford to be able to tour as much as possible. Over the next four years they performed over 500 shows in over 30 countries and released four albums.

Crywank announced their breakup following a world tour in 2019, alongside the album ‘fist me til your hand comes out my mouth’’ a huge departure in sound and the first release to include songwriting from Dan and explained the tense relationship between Jay and Dan that had developed over the years on the road.

Their breakup tour was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic and the North American and European dates had to be rescheduled numerous times. During this time Jay was in a house fire, which led to the release of a solo Crywank album ‘Just Popping In To Say Hi’ that was written and recorded over three days.

Between 2022-2023 Crywank managed to continue their final tour and performed 100 shows in the USA and over 50 shows in the UK and Ireland, often with bass player Jules Noel (AKA Guard Petal). In 2024 it was announced that Crywank will no longer be breaking up and Jules would be joining the band.

The name Crywank comes from reclaiming a cruel nickname given to Jay during a period of depression. Jay has since said that if they knew how popular the band would have become they probably would’ve chosen a different name.

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Crywank Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Crywank:

18 Waiting for someone to tolerate me Hanging around 'cause I …
A Deer Mistaking Candles for Headlights You can call me a coward and you'd be correct oh…
A Soreness So Familiar It Soon Becomes Unquestioned The choice between attack or to apologize I find contrived w…
An Intimate Message Throwing caution to the CPU fan, I gave you the wardrobe…
Blink Just like the way your brain edits out the dark…
Blood The blood; it will not dry Oh, the blood; it will…
Care Not for Your Clubnights Indoctrinated into a tribe of the musically unkind, where th…
Chuck & Buck Suck & Fuck! I miss everything even my milk teeth, from before I got…
Coffee & Blunts Smokin′ weed till I wanna pull my eyes out Is it…

Coffee And Blunts Smokin′ weed 'till I wanna pull my eyes out Is it…
Crywank Are Posers Bored, distract myself with what is given Corpse, all my id…
Deep Down I'm American Werewolf Stacked up to my height turn and see you cry. Crumpled down…
Deep Down I'm Really Kirk Van Houten Sad songs won't make up For the shit that I have…
Do You Have PPE For Self-Esteem? Hand and Knees. Scrubbing dirt from the mens room floor. The…
Forlorn Leghorn The memories that bond us Are not always found in fondness A…
GB Eating GB Whilst Listening To GB Enthusiastic beyond belief In a busy room, you're all I see…
Harvey Milk Shit On The Table Like a cat who's not yet used to its claws I'll…
Hate All my time spent chasing distractions Please don′t leave me…
Hikikomori My Dad told me each love will be different My Dad…
I Am A Familiar Creak In Your Floorboards Doing nothing to substitute self-gratification I climax wit…
I Am A Familiar Creek In Your Floorboards Do nothing to substitute self gratification A climax with a …
I Am In Great Pain Please Help Me Floundering attempts at making some sort of sense Striving f…
I Am Shit Language is scary when over-analysed Every word that I say s…
I Don't Know About What Happened... (Because Once You Start Writing It All Becomes Fiction) Out of fear of romantic excess I seperate passion From all c…
I'm A Cliché Haven't you heard this one before? Some person being sad ove…
If I Were You I'd Be Throwing Up The way I cast a net Too many holes to swim…
Is That Crazy Enough For Ya'? Want Me Take A Shit On The Floor? Out of fear of romantic excess I seperate passion From all c…
It's OK I Wouldn't Remember Me Either I don't want to be awake again I spend my days…
I’ll Have Some in a Bit I plate it up then put it down I doubt that…
Just A Snail I ain't no delicacy Escargot get away from me And I ain't…
Late Night People Watching Grice is being flouted Does phatic talk make your heart bea…
Leech Boy I feel like a leech to everyone around me Unsure and…
Little Creepy She said that all I'll ever be is a creep,…
Love When we first met we always wanted to have sex, and…
Me Me Me Destined to stay awake too long to contemplate where I'…
Memento Mori Everyone I love is gonna die And I will die as…
Nostril Tampon Oh man, am I bleeding from my nose again? I swear…
Notches No one to wonder when I'll be home One more night…
Now I'm Sad (Boo Hoo) My concept of happiness is completely based on fiction, accu…
Obsessive Muso With No Friends One more night alone in my room Listening to music I…
Olivers Theme I'm the coolest kid in town I'm the coolest kid in…
Only Everyone Can Judge Me Hive mind is scary, I feel vulnerable and stupid Waiting fo…
Paperclips This is a song, this is a song About paperclips This is…
Pope Alexander My brain, would never let me forget you. it's not like…
Pr8y Boi Feeling like a bird in a cage Who′s a pretty boy? Who's…
Privately Owned Spiral Galaxy Thought cycle gusty a mind filled with hot air. Must I…
Song For A Guilty Sadist This makes me feel like a weak man who thinks…
Squeezing the Damp Tea Towel to Its Final Few Drips Many moons of moping over changes I won't make My motor…
The Only Way I Could Save Myself Now Is If I Start Firebombing This debilitating cynicism leaves me throwing fists Blindly…
Thomas Saunders Gang Chant She shakes my hand And I die a little inside I'm not…
Thomas Saunders Lloyd Webber I was born to be mothered In that sense, nothing has…
Unassimilated Normie Oh taboo, how I both love and hate you How some…
Waste It's as if I believe the more that I squeeze…
We Don't Practice I'm the coolest kid in town. I'm the coolest kid in…
Welcome To Castle Irwell I woke up this morning, wanting to cry And when I…
You Couldn't Teach Me Integrity There's a likely chance that if you're a girl I've…
You Won't Meet a Girl Sat in Your Room Listening to Music (But Some Songs Can Still Give You Butterf It's just another fucking song that rhymes the words 'miss'…
Your Own Worst Enemy Critic You make me feel like what I do is important The…
Zains Cam4 Wah Wah and Sirens Get me a pot to piss in Then get me a…

Zains Cam4 Wah-Wah and Sirens Get me a pot to piss in, then get me…

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