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The cure for the pain is in the pain,’ snarled through gritted teeth is the anchoring statement for I AM NOT A CASUALTY, the third single from Maelstrom and Louisahhh’s forthcoming debut LP, ‘Sustained Resistance’.
Dealing with the realities of inter-pandemic depression and anxiety while triumphantly refusing to succumb to the sinking sensation, this bodyslam of a track pulls taut the line between ferocious hope and guttering disillusionment. Maelstrom’s whiplash drum breaks and machines that sound like the ground falling out from underneath find a counterpoint with Louisahhh’s lucid prose, the song rising like a storm and going out as gently as a tide.
‘What meaning will I make of this?/Graceful under the weight of it,’ is a question as much as a prayer that closes the song, as ‘I AM NOT A CASUALTY’ is a determined, fierce promise or mantra for anyone who might be struggling in these challenging times.
lyrics
Sky is like an inky bruise
Mind is an oil slick
I thought i couldn’t be the source
So I’d settle for osmosis
I am not a casualty
I am not a victim
Show me what i cannot see
Show me again and again The cure for the pain is in the pain
Not enough air/ To go round
The/ fear (is) waiting outside the door
I feel like a hole
That will never be full//
Eyes like saucers, satellites
Trying to shake up a signal
Even my smile still feels bruised
But that don’t mean that it’s futile//
What meaning will i make of this?
Graceful under the weight of it
credits
released January 13, 2023
written and produced by Maelstrom & Louisahhh
Mastered by Seb Lorho at Near Deaf Experience
Artwork by Mae Ferron
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