Impressed by the characters on HBO’s Euphoria, NewDad’s emotionally charged “Angel” is an achingly intimate grunge-fueled fever dream: A susceptible, intimate internal reckoning with psychological sickness that shines a light-weight on the darkness in our bones.

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The darkness isn’t simply creeping in on NewDad’s “Angel” – it’s totally and completely overwhelming.

Overdriven guitars and thunderous drums churn out an environment that hangs over the ears and soul like a weighted blanket does a physique. Out of this heavy music comes the visceral sense of suffocation by unseen forces – by powers coming from inside. It’s a sensation many people have felt now and again, and a state of being a few of us stay with all-too typically – although we hardly ever, if ever speak about it. Music like this helps us really feel seen and fewer alone – as does the tv present that impressed this track.

Impressed by the characters on HBO’s Euphoria, NewDad’s emotionally charged “Angel” is an achingly intimate grunge-fueled fever dream: A susceptible, intimate internal reckoning with psychological sickness that shines a light-weight on the darkness in our bones.

You’re candy, however I’m sick
I harm myself for kicks
I’m misplaced however you’re discovered
Each toes firmly on the bottom
And I’m so excessive
However nonetheless so low
I believe I’m dropping my thoughts
You’re an angel
I’m simply attempting to be such as you
Even when it’s painful

Launched September 13, 2023 by way of Truthful Youth / Atlantic Data, “Angel” is NewDad’s third monitor since signing with a serious label and the lead single off their highly-anticipated debut album, MADRA (out January 26, 2024). A seductive, soul-stirring sonic deluge, “Angel” continues within the footsteps of the Irish band’s earlier releases (2021’s debut EP Waves and 2022’s sophomore effort Banshee, the latter of which was one among Atwood Journal‘s EPs of the Yr).

Fashioned in Galway and as of this 12 months primarily based in London, NewDad are an uncompromising different quartet consisting of singer/guitarist Julie Dawson, Áindle O’Beirn, Sean O’Dowd, and Fiachra Parslow. They’ve lengthy been praised for the uncooked vitality and brash indie rock fervor they inject into their songs, and whereas “Angel” is decidedly on the heavier aspect of the indie rock spectrum, it’s indubitably a unbelievable best-foot-forward for anybody who hasn’t but hopped on the NewDad bandwagon.

Let it’s mentioned: There’s no bubble on this grunge. NewDad maintain nothing again of their onslaught, evoking the spirit of Nirvana as they dwell within the depths of hysteria, melancholy, and psychological sickness. Dawson spills her coronary heart and her soul, holding nothing again within the track’s unstable and breathtaking refrain:

You’ll be able to swim round
However I don’t need you to drown inside me
It’s not honest to be your accountability

“‘Angel’ was written whereas we had been dwelling in Galway,” Julie Dawson tells Atwood Journal. “We jammed it in sooner or later after which I wrote lyrics, it was throughout lockdown so I had been missing inspiration however after I was rewatching Euphoria, I felt very drawn to Rue and Jules’ relationship.”

“That concept of feeling like a burden in a relationship due to your psychological well being resonated with me lots, so I ran with that and located I had lots to say about that form of relationship, the place you’re feeling you don’t deserve somebody so fantastic while you’re unwell.”

In accordance with Dawson, “Angel” is a very becoming introduction to the band’s forthcoming debut, which she describes as a deeply susceptible affair. The file’s recently-released second single, “Let Go,” continues the theme of cathartic lyricism and heavy-hitting music.

“Madra, which means canine in Irish, explores numerous tough elements of the human situation and the thought of the title is that these emotions that come up are generally ones you may’t escape, emotions that comply with you round like a canine,” Dawson explains. “We had an incredible workforce round us who helped deliver these songs to life and we’re so excited for this album to be out on the earth. We hope that folks join with the songs and that Madra could be a consolation to everybody who listens.”

You’re sort, however I’m not
It appears that evidently I forgot methods to care
About something however my very own despair
And You could have a very good coronary heart
However I’m certain mines stopped
And it gained’t restart
I believe it’s damaged
So, you may’t personal it

Bringing the darkness to gentle – exposing it, in a manner – may also help us to higher perceive what we’re going by, and to know that we’re by no means alone in these experiences – regardless of how isolating nervousness and melancholy may be. “Angel” could also be impressed by a tv present’s characters, however the story of Rue and Jules isn’t distinctive to the world of a fictionalized HBO drama. NewDad’s music is heavy, heartfelt, and superbly human: A cathartic expertise that candidly highlights a subject we nonetheless don’t speak about almost sufficient.

Good on the band for leaning into psychological well being and psychological sickness; for singing so overtly about it that we, their listeners, can discover consolation and solace of their songs.

Let the grunge drown your ears or the phrases transfer your coronary heart: NewDad’s “Angel” is all-consuming and irresistible.

You’ll be able to swim round
However I don’t need you to drown inside me
It’s not honest to be your accountability

You’ll be able to swim round
However I don’t need you to drown inside me
It’s not honest to be your accountability

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