Blood Sister – ‘Dysphoria’
Isolation, grief, melancholy, depression, discontent, abuse, loneliness, drug-induced psychosis, anxiety, indifference, restlessness, addiction, broken hearts, blackened souls, confusion, hallucinations, tragedy, silent screams, slippery slopes, knife edges and overdoses. From the depths of a traumatised subconscious, the Far Out Track of the Day comes crawling, cut-kneed and torn, dying for deliverance, drenched in ‘Dysphoria’.
It’s a state of mind encapsulated magnificently by San Francisco outfit Blood Sister in their tune that not only shares the same title of a malicious mental state but, with warped synth tones, tinted shades of shoe gaze and sharp punk shrapnel, deftly portrays the debilitating and disorderly thought processes of a close-to-broke individual.
The re-incarnation of former Ganglians and Night Manager members, Blood Sister are blending all the glory of their former band’s sounds (can we hear shades of the Night Manger’s Blue Jagstang?).
They have added a wicked sense of the macabre to the mix, both auditory and visually, as Track of the Day ‘Dysphoria’ morphs into more of a provocative experience than a song, especially when coupled with its harrowing video.
Admittedly, this won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it is to ours.
If you don’t mind going a little bit darker (and in a sense erotic), then check out ‘Why Would You’, one of Blood Sisters’ earlier efforts that features footage from the German film Der Fan.
Check out the song below.
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