idle head, why do you induce such empty thought?
I need a reason for the void I live with that I've always fought.
I feel it growing inside of me,
and eating up my energy.
I’m never in the mood for anything,
and it happened over time.
I cast myself aside.
I wanna be left all alone to pick myself apart and find why I’m feeling so numb.
am I someone that was wired from the start to be so vacant and so far from feeling joy?
it seems I can’t avoid this emptying feeling.
it seems like every day,
I’m swallowed whole by a lack of chemicals that are absent from my brain
can’t shake it off, waiting for a moment of joy inside my frame.
I feel incapable of feeling bliss.
well isn’t it so obvious that I’m not cut out for all of this?
because I feel it all the time.
an overwhelming lack of drive.
I wanna be left all alone to pick myself apart and find why I’m feeling so numb.
am I someone that was wired from the start to be so vacant and so far from feeling joy?
it seems I can’t avoid this emptying feeling.
spells of disinterest seem so routine;
infesting my head like a parasite.
will I escape this hollow feeling?
I can’t tell, it’ll never really show itself.
I wanna be left all alone to pick myself apart and find why I’m feeling so numb.
I'm coming out of a decade long musical hiatus. The last punk band to really move me was from the Bay (American Steel), so it's no surprise that I returned there for inspiration. Can't Swim is absolutely worth a listen for fans of Lawrence Arms or Taking Back Sunday. I'm sure there are much better comparisons - if that's you thing - but as I said, I've been out of the game for a long time. Thank you to Can't Swim for inspiring me to play again. Dave Wreckoning
Bracing post-hardcore meets festival-ready rock on the Tokyo band's sharp new EP, mixed and mastered by Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight). Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2024