It has this roar to it like the roar in Bevin, in You Don't Decide and just seizes you and her voice is soaring and she cuts through everything like she is declaring war on silence. She is this lone ranger of LA who has cut her own path to the American Gothic Rock and you can hear all those classical influences blended with actual grit, the kind of grit that comes with touring with Motley Crue and writing with Tim Armstrong. It is an anthem, this song, the one that causes you to pull yourself up even more.
I originally listened to it when I was riding with the windows down, and something in me was beginning to unravel. The anger I had been holding back all that time, it burst out, uncivilized, and terribly freeing. The tune picks up and is full and utterly defiant, casting these alt-rock perimeter around ideas of body ownership and throwing all these weary patriarchal plots into something woman-focused and ablaze. It is not just a song to listen to. It is a toxic control manifesto, reclaiming narratives of weak egos and shattered legislation, returning all the warriors and rebels she sings of. I was perceived in a different light than I had anticipated, as though the empowerment was flooding me like a storm loosening the shackles of which you had forgotten their existence.
The guitars glide in with melodious and spooky, accumulating this fertile energy through production that is confident and shocking. You want to scream along. The voice of Bevin fully takes over the song making all that restraint an explosion, a mixture of beauty and this grit that is visceral that draws something out of her partnerships, you can almost feel Jimmy Cliffs spirit in there somewhere. The instrumentation beats like a heart in rebellion, and all that seems real and sharp, like an appeal to all the dreamers and visionaries she is so constantly fighting on behalf of.
In an era that continues to attempt to silence us, this song sets the ghosts and heroines free, revealing the dark side of the American Dream in all its brash truth. It was in fact a great way to get pumped, and I had to repeat it numerous times to power my day. Bevin is not merely singing here, she is lighting fires in people, and pushing boundaries with a psychological intensity and an inner passion of a real rebel. And when you want music that really fights back, then this is your anthem. It will torment you and make you better at once as it teaches us that our bodies, our decisions are our own.
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