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Elizabeth M. Drummond - "Crisis," a 2022 single on Young Poet.

While the idea of starting a band with your childhood friends that almost immediately breaks it big, tours the world, and even works with Aaron Dessner sounds like an absolute dream, the pressure can take a toll. That\\u2019s the simplified backstory behind Elizabeth M. Drummond\'s new path as a solo artist, after leaving the popular Australian indie folk band Little May. Her experiences and the overwhelming feelings that accompanied leaving the band are told through\\xa0her recent singles \\u201cCrisis\\u201d and \\u201cCongratulations.\\u201d

Our Song of the Day, \\u201cCrisis,\\u201d is particularly gutting. While the instrumentation is light and lovely, the lyrics tell the story of someone who knows it\'s time to move on from painful past relationships but is having trouble sorting out who they are without them. \\u201cThere\\u2019s a hurricane/ It\\u2019s in your eyes,\\u201d Drummond coos. \\u201cI don\\u2019t want to be a part of this thing anymore/ I\\u2019d rather run into a fire.\\u201d

Speaking of the song, Drummond had this to say:

"I wrote \'Crisis\' when I had moved cities after leaving Little May and a long relationship. I felt like everything I ever identified with had just exploded in front of me. I also realised I had been living on auto-pilot for as long as I could remember, and that I had been ignoring what I actually wanted for my life. At this point, I had started to feel a huge amount of relief and humour in surrendering to the idea that things couldn\\u2019t get any worse. In many ways I felt like I had become \'no one,\' and this started to become liberating. This song marks that time and those feelings for me."

Watch the video for \\u201cCrisis,\\u201d directed and edited by Richard Clifford, at KEXP.org

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