Awakebutstillinbed What People Call Low Self-Esteem Is Really Just Seeing Yourself The Way That Other People See You Vinyl LP Teal Colour 2023

Tracklist:

1. Opener
2. Life
3. Safe
4. Stumble
5. Fathers
6. Interlude
7. Saved
8. Floor
9. Closer

Absibs debut What People Call Low Self-Esteem Is Just Seeing Yourself The Way Others See You is an album about being crushed by expectations, and loaded with other peoples desires. It is untamable, and undeniable. What began as the solo project of singer/guitarist Shannon Taylor, absib are now a powerful group, part At the Drive-In, part Kim Shattuck, and (at times) part pre-Good News Modest Mouse. Explosive and honest, Taylors lyrics painfully, purposefully tear out the false seams and sutures that shape us in the eyes of others, revealing underneath the beautiful, beating heart if whatever it is we call the self. On paper, it might sound like familiar territory for emo, but don't be fooled: absib map out whole areas of the soul previously pushed to the shadows. Plus, they fucking rock.