A Huge Problem To A Sane World

The first thing that came to my mind when I listened to this album, was how unstable it sounded.

The music is rough and raw, fuzzy and distorted, harsh with barely any melody but still with a groove. Time signatures are mere suggestions and the individual elements overlap and drown each other out regularly.

A listener could think that this a bad mix, but I think everything in this crafted specifically to achieve this very effect. My proof for this are the vocals: there is power in Kaylee's voice that we can hear glimpses of here and there, but overall, she sounds fragile and tired, like someone who is barely holding themselves together in the face of everything that is going on in the world. There is rage bubbling underneath the surface, ready to burst out at the slightest provocation.

And I for one can't blame her for that! The songs are about some of the biggest societal problems of our time, after all. To me, this entire album sounds not only like someone venting their frustrations, but like someone is making a final plea to be heard, to have someone take their fears seriously. Basically, it sounds like a Cassandra that has stopped asking nicely.

The emotion in this is honest and grounded, relatable even, and this makes it an amazing piece of storytelling.

I highly, highly recommend giving this a spin!