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Sadcore Sundays: Sarah May Discusses the Frustrations That Come with Harassment in “Because I Turned You Down”

Posted by Georgia St. Jones on April 7, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: Sarah May Discusses the Frustrations That Come with Harassment in "Because I Turned You Down"

For this week’s Sadcore Sundays, we get to know Sarah May and her song “Because I Turned You Down.”

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Interviews, Interviews of Musicians, Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Interviews | Tagged: #metoo, #thestrangeisbeautiful, because i turned you down, georgia st. jones, sadcore sundays, sarah may, sundays, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: Yvette Young talks eating disorders, and creative ways to let go of perfectionism.

Posted by Nataline Ziola on February 24, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: Yvette Young talks eating disorders, and creative ways to let go of perfectionism.

Nobody’s perfect.

No matter how many times we hear that, for some reason it can still be difficult to let go of perfectionism. For artists, this is often the case, as they strive for their work to be, well, perfect.

Posted in: Divya, Interviews, Interviews of Musicians, Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Interviews, Sarah Smith* | Tagged: asian american musician, body image, Covet, depression, eating disorder, female artist, female asian american, female asian american musician, female musician, female vocalist, musical activities, perfectionism, self expression, visual activities, Yvette Young

Sadcore Sundays: Nightjar Talks Anxiety and it’s Role in “thanks for coming”

Posted by Georgia St. Jones on February 17, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: Nightjar Talks Anxiety and it's Role in "thanks for coming"

“thanks for coming” is a haunting track from Nightjar’s Canter EP and is a great choice for a day when you’re feeling alone and melancholy. The entire EP was an awesome listen for me, but this song is my favorite because it puts me in a feeling of nostalgia for a past I’ve never had, but also feels very familiar. Also, I enjoy that the song is capable of holding on to simplicity in its individual parts, but together form a more complicated bunch of emotions.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Interviews, Interviews of Musicians, Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Interviews | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, canter EP, georgia st. jones, musician, nightjar, panic disorder, sadcore sundays, sam sharp, sundays, the strange is beautiful

Sadcore Sundays: SoKo Talks Anxiety and Her Yeti, aka Depression

Posted by strange on April 20, 2018
Sadcore Sundays: SoKo Talks Anxiety and Her Yeti, aka Depression

Artists pour out their emotions from their conscious and subconscious thoughts when they write, record and perform it for audiences who in turn heal from the music.

Many artists suffer from anxiety and depression. Being an artist for a living can be rewarding and medicinal, but can conversely stimulate more mental health issues. An obvious reason that this happens is because of the long erratic hours for little pay. However, a more subtle correlation is, energetically, after a performance, the artist has relived the story they wrote about and given a part of themselves to the audience. Afterward, when everyone is gone, it can feel like something is missing. The adrenaline rush is gone. The people parading around them are gone. The compliments, the love from fans, are all too quickly gone….

It takes strength and passion to be an artist.

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Musicians, Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Interviews, TSIB Guide | Tagged: anxiety and art, anxiety and music, anxiety and musicians, birth control and depression, depressed musicians, depression and music, diabolo menthe, experimental, my dreams dictate my reality, Ross Robinson, seasonal depression, shannen roberts, soko, soko anxiety, soko depression, SoKo mental health, SoKo seasonal depression, SoKo yoga, Stéphanie Sokolinski, the strange is beautiful, who wears the pants, yoga for mind obstacles

Interview: Enrique Jesus Hernandez: Part 3: DVAM

Posted by strange on October 23, 2017
Interview: Enrique Jesus Hernandez: Part 3: DVAM

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (#DVAM). We just premiered Enrique Jesus Hernandez’s latest music video “theCHILD” for Sadcore Sundays and now, here is Part 1 of an interview about his EP about experiencing domestic abuse. Read the whole interview in our free zine here.

Posted in: Georgia St. Jones, Interviews, Interviews of Musicians | Tagged: domestic abuse awareness, domestic violence awareness, domestic violence awareness month, dvam, enrique jesus hernandez, free zine, interview, new ep, new music video, new zine, poc artist, poc music, POC musician, queer artist, queer music, the strange is beautiful, zine, zinester
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