Track By Track: Kamikaze Girls – Sad EP

Leeds/London duo Kamikaze Girls – guitarist Lucinda Livingstone and drummer Conor Dawson – release their debut EP ‘Sad’ later this week, on Friday 2nd September through Bearded Punk Records (UK/EU) and Wiretap Records (US) (pre-order at itsokaytobesad.com). Want to know what to expect? Brew yourself a coffee, as Lucinda talks us through the release, track by track. 1. Hexes ‘Hexes’ is a song we wrote about psychosis. It was something I struggled with for a while and it was triggered by depression. It was mainly the delusions that I had an issue with, believing that things that were obviously untrue were rationally true. For a lot of people, myself included, it comes in episodes and the music reflects that in a way. It’s very up and down, and eventually calms before kicking off again. Despite the sombre subject matter it’s a fun one to play live. 2. Stitches ‘Stitches’ is probably one of the more lighter songs to listen to on the record. It was actually the first ever song we wrote as a two-piece. It’s about anxiety towards settling down, packing up and moving away to live a little more freely. It’s been a year since we wrote it and I (Lucinda) went from being super settled in a relationship, living in the same place and working a 9-5 job to currently having no constant place to live, no job and just playing music and it was 100% the right thing for me. I guess the ‘Stitches’ part could be anything. It could be a good feeling or a bad one towards either aspect.