Indigo de sousa2/29/2024 More consistently high intensity than the opener, the track culminates in De Souza shouting “When are you gonna TAKE OFF UR PANTS/Like everybody else does.” With grungy layers of fast-tempo percussion, whining guitar, and candid lyrics, this track is a personal favorite. ![]() The following track, “Take Off Ur Pants”, begins with an incredible, arpeggio-esque bass line and follows De Souza’s struggles to fit in and act like everyone around her. Her questioning of why this person (the “you” in the song) never said anything about them leaves the impression that the singer’s feelings about them are unresolved and sensitive, evident from her declaration that she has “never gone so numb”. De Souza’s lyrics here demonstrate the heaviness of aging and how it feels, as the singer stated in the same interview, “fast and big and wild.” The “firsts” De Souza sings about are far from magical. In the track, De Souza catalogues her “firsts”, asking “Did you say anything on the night of my first hit/On the night of my first kiss/On the night of my first runaway”, reflecting that “Something must be up, I have never felt so dumb/I have never gone so numb”. While discussing the track in an interview with Grey Estates, De Souza stated that “aging is a huge inspiration for writing”, noting how “aging is really heavy because it carries this jaded kind of heartbreak and awareness of mortality that is shared amongst most of us, but we don’t always give attention to.” Wavering between stripped-down instrumentals and head-swinging vigor with her powerful voice adjusting to match, De Souza definitely emulates both the heartbreak and awareness of mortality. The single beat of percussion that plays before De Souza’s voice picks up and the bass comes in is beyond satisfying it feels like walking down the steps and accidentally missing one, but catching yourself before wiping out. I am absolutely obsessed with the moment this track switches into full-on intensity. ![]() I Love My Mom seems to open quietly with “How I Get Myself Killed”, a track whose grainy guitar quickly devolves into this fantastic, elevated sound marked by De Souza’s speak-singing style, a blaring bass line, and heart-thumping percussion. ![]() In the album, De Souza mixes the sounds of garage pop and soft punk with refreshingly honest lyrics that you’ll immediately want to sing (or scream, as De Souza often does) along to. While frantically scrolling through Spotfiy’s auto-generated content, desperate to find new music, I came across Asheville-based singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza and her 2018 album I Love My Mom.
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