Let Me Drown In You, Pinkshift!

Okay, what if I tell you that I can give you a record that will not magically vanish your problems (obviously), but it will let you purge all the pent-up anger, frustration and sadness while headbanging and screeching into the rage-fueled frenzy of the music?

Enter Pinkshift, from Baltimore, and their debut album ‘Love me Forever’- filled with punk-fueled snark and neon-pink mojo, this one will surely tug all the heartstrings.

Their music is a blend of grunge cynicism with an artistic dash of alternative rock, a dollop of 90s punk snarl and a sprinkle of riot girl confections. Deliciously moshable. Each track in their album explores various themes: from the nihilism of uncertainties to the scars of trauma and alienation, all while nailing the delicate balance between vulnerability and defiance in their lyrics.

From the blistering opening charred with fury, “I’m not crying, you’re crying”, to the conflicted pessimism of an aching heart in “Cherry (we’re all gonna die)” or the razor-sharp fury exploding in “Burn the Witch”: the untamable energy and the sheer rage would quickly swoop you in a frenzy. They also have a slower, darker and sombre track, “In a breath” that is sure to gather emotions agonizingly- Pinkshift’s music is like a rhapsody that wouldn’t be scrapped from the walls of our mind (and hearts). It will drown you in a dizzying wave of catharsis with its paranoia-induced lyrics.

“Love Me Forever” is an album that is brutally electric, each track filled to the brim with the cataclysmic medley of anger and venom. They have crafted this deafening (melodic) cacophony of rage that would send our heads banging and hearts haywire- one that we’d never get enough of.