Album Review: Kamikaze Girls’ Show The “Seafoam” Of Spiritually Crashing
In life, we can take some dark roads that for however far we steer from them, the memory of their shadows imprint on us like sea-foam on the sand our minds. We rise, crash, and recede inward as we realize that, for all those that affected us, we still chose to be affected. Kamikaze Girls’ Seafoam is a punk-pop/ experimental rock dive into the jagged cliffs of our memories and pillars of time’s sand that cannot seem to shake away how bad things got.
Sometimes, getting better is not just about, physically, moving on, but also spiritually, which is what Kamikaze Girls’ debut album is all about. They are letting go every time someone hurt and abandoned them, or worse, they chose to do so to themselves. In retrospect, no one can harms you more than you, i.e addiction and self-destructive relationships. Such themes play throughout tracks, “I Don’t Want To Be Sad Forever”, “Unhealthy”, “Good For Nothing”, and “ KG Goes To The Pub”. There are moments when Kamikaze peers so clearly into the weight of self-harm and anxiety that you, literally, feel taken aback. This Leeds’ duo is not trying to make honesty pretty, especially when the subject matter is undeniably ugly. We have all hated ourselves, at least once, and have done some stupid things in a veiled attempt to punish ourselves for not being “better”. Yet, you are not supposed to know everything, especially when life is about discovering. Thus, in essence, Seafoam is a 10 track album of self-forgiveness. While, lyrically, it can be unabashed in pain and darkness, it is, ultimately, a series of self-tormenting journal entries ripped and lit by the fiery strings and voice of Lucinda Livingstone and the drums by Conor Dawson.
Kamikaze represent their name. Songs like their most recent, “Deathcap”, might as well be a literal fire burning in your ear. They gut-bust in arrangements that can spur you to crash through walls, which is ironic, considering their songs are about constantly crashing into them. Moreover, Lucinda’s voice does punk proud. She can strain and strike a note like the vocal embodiment of Stress, which befits an album that is all about weighing yourself down to point where you have to decide: do I let my anxiety go or do I bury myself with it? For More Information On Kamikaze Girls And To Buy Seafoam On June 9 Click Here.
