{"id":253,"date":"2024-06-12T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/events\/shit-present\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T08:01:57","slug":"shit-present","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/events\/shit-present\/","title":{"rendered":"SHIT PRESENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shitpresent.com\/\">SHIT WEBSITE (shitpresent.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first song on this album was the first song I wrote after a period of about three years struggling to write anything at all\u201d says Iona Cairns, the Bristol-based front person of emo power pop trio Shit Present.&nbsp; \u201cI realised that it still felt good; I <em>do<\/em> want to write an album.\u201d Opener \u201cCram The Page\u201d is a propulsive release, starting with a collage of looped, crunchy feedback. Through detached, driving strums, Cairns details the strains of coming to terms with her bipolar disorder. \u201c<em>She\u2019s lost all her friends, doesn\u2019t blame them at all \/ They watched her climb to the edge and couldn\u2019t bear the fall<\/em>,\u201d she sings, commanding and steady. But this isn\u2019t an introduction to an LP about the constraints of mental illness; instead, it\u2019s a cathartic statement of perseverance, shedding the stigmas of stiff upper lips and embracing the vulnerability in sharing your story, even if it helps just one person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band\u2019s previous EP\u2019s <em>Shit Present<\/em> (2015) and <em>Misery + Disaster <\/em>(2016) garnered acclaim for Cairns\u2019 fervent vocals, exploring themes of anxiety, depression and solitude. While <em>What Still Gets Me <\/em>doesn\u2019t shy away from these heavier topics, there\u2019s more of a playful reprieve, a kind of comfort among the chaos. \u201cI was trying to let my 13-year-old self out, the one that loved all the embarrassing pop-punk,\u201d Cairns explains. By leaning into the joy that made her love music in the first place, <em>What Still Gets Me <\/em>urged Cairns to express herself more freely than ever before, with the help of bandmates Thom Weeks (guitar, bass, vocals) and Ben Cottam (drums).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weeks and Cairns met ten years ago while on tour with their previous bands Gnarwolves and Great Cynics. The pair\u2019s influences are palpable throughout their discography: brashy, assertive riffs, propelling percussion and sing-a-long choruses but it\u2019s on <em>What Still Gets Me <\/em>that Shit Present have fully flourished into a no-holds-barred powerhouse. Take stand-out track \u201cUnravelling\u201d that details the uneasiness that comes with being unable to trust yourself, or those closest to you. Cairns was keen to have Weeks contribute vocals to mimic the feeling of two voices inside one head, scrambling for the limelight. \u201cIt\u2019s safe to say I wasn\u2019t very well when I wrote this, and it\u2019s probably the song I\u2019m proudest of for that reason,\u201d she says. With both of them belly-screaming together, it\u2019s the kind of purgative experience that can only arise when you fully surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album\u2019s title track, with guest vocals from Camp Cope\u2019s Georgia McDonald, unwaveringly points the finger at dangerous men who claim to be harmless. \u201c<em>It\u2019s not always a stranger in the dark \/ It\u2019s the person you trust that goes too far<\/em>,\u201d the pair yell in a call-and-response style that showcases the strength in allowing yourself to finally feel angry. This anger permeates the album, like a friend amping you up to finally face a reality that you\u2019ve long shielded yourself from. Power-pop banger \u201cBeyond Tonight\u201d is a snappy, ear-worm chant, as Cairns sings \u201c<em>Trust me I can\u2019t fall apart, I\u2019m too strong now I\u2019m so enough<\/em>,\u201d while \u201cCrossed The Line\u201d barks \u201c<em>What a colossal waste of time, Reassuring you we\u2019re fine<\/em>\u201d over booming guitars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What Still Gets Me <\/em>deals with weighty emotions, but it\u2019s not an album about helplessness or intimidation. Through Cairns\u2019 exorcising vocal delivery and the band\u2019s relentless sonic arrangements, there\u2019s a kind of rebirth that announces she is not a victim of herself nor anyone else. It\u2019s a surrender to the feelings that make us uncomfortable, pushing them to the forefront instead of hiding them behind a curtain. By owning the messy, ever-changing landscape of our interior worlds, Shit Present offers up a collection where we can find solace in even our darkest, scariest moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shitpresent.bandcamp.com\/album\/what-still-gets-me\">https:\/\/shitpresent.bandcamp.com\/album\/what-still-gets-me<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Entradas<\/strong> 8\u20ac<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[],"event_type_2":[],"class_list":["post-253","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-rock-beer-the-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockbeerthenew.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}