Uma das características que me faz logo ficar de orelhas levantadas perante uma música desconhecida é a intensidade que se faz sentir na parte instrumental e, caso haja voz, o poder emotivo dessa mesma voz. Quando ouvi Old Friends, a começar com um bombo logo em tom de aviso, fiquei surpreendida pela forma harmoniosa como desde início o crescendo instrumental se casou com a voz de Jenny Kern. Atendendo com atenção à letra, facilmente deduzimos que parte da força da canção vem também da sua motivação: This song is about anxiety and depression. It’s the most vulnerable thing I’ve written about in my lyrics in terms of the content. When you get to a place like that you become overwhelmed and scared but the most important thing is fighting your way out. We need to let those people know that it’s ok to feel that way, it’s ok to ask for help.
Desde sempre que a música serve de veículo para expressar algumas das emoções mais obscuras que cada um tem dentro de si: One of the scariest things in the world is being overwhelmed by your inner thoughts. When you don’t let them out they can’t mend and you end up doing more harm. Anxiety and depression is not something that goes away in one day, it takes great strength to push through. But when you open up and be vulnerable to those feelings you can mend.
E claro que esta partilha acaba por ser libertadora: It’s almost cathartic, sharing sadness. But you need to share it with the right people and ask for help from the right resources. They are out there and they can help you mend.
O EP de Jenny Kern já se encontra disponível para ouvirem. Old Friend foi adicionada à playlist do Spotify FreshFindings.
Hear the whispers as the sounds grow close
Hear the utters of the demons that roam
Violent thoughts come to defy
The peaceful mind you seek inside.
Old friend
Don’t crawl in again
No time to pretend
Don’t hide your heart
Let it mend
The monster you seek to hide
Comes close to take your life
Lurking out of sight
Always searching so show your fight.
Old friend
Don’t crawl in again
No time to pretend
Don’t hide your heart
Let it mend
