When it comes to Megg Jacobs' new single "DEATH", she is delivering a gut-punch of sound. This entry delves deep into the psychological battle between fixed and loose thinking, as well as disparate emotions. It's the fatigue that results from trying to force the world into sharp dichotomies while your entire environment calls for nuance
This theme carries through every second of “DEATH,” from the thunderous drums to the raw, almost primal grit in Jacobs's vocal delivery. Everything about it is aggressive, yet not without heart, because in the wreckage, there is tenderness.
In this release, Jacobs paints a haunting and repetitive picture of what it feels like to be stuck in this loop. Shiny and glittering in the wreckage to one moment, muck splashed up, obscuring everything clear the next. Yet it encapsulates the song's emotional heart, contrasting glitter with dirt; glamour with grime, and in doing so, serves as a metaphor for the way we try to define life through impossible absolutes, only to run into uncertainty and fatigue as existence resists our predefined narratives.
Musically, “DEATH” strives on catharsis. The drums propel with rhythm but reverberate as fists beating at the walls of your mind. And her voice not only sings, but also wails, cracks, and commands. It is, but felt in the depths of your bones “DEATH.”
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