Feeling Really Sad

Snow Strippers “It’s Goin’ Bad”

“It’s Goin Bad” is a dark synthpop song along the lines of Crystal Castles’ or Ladytron’s best work but the sound is pushed into the red like a shoegaze song, blaring over the vocal to the point that the lyrics are barely intelligible but the despondent mood is still perfectly legible. If anything, that bleak mood is more clear this way. She sounds overwhelmed and defeated in a way that feels very particular to being in one’s late teens to mid 20s, kinda glib about it all and more than a little bit in love with their sadness. The music is a little overbearing in just the right way, pushing everything towards pure sensation in a way that makes the song as a whole this dreary and grim thing that feels absolutely amazing.

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