meg elsier - "meaning of life"

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If you also loved meg elsier's 2024 album spittake, buckle up for her latest single. The rising indie rocker recently released "meaning of life," and it takes everything we loved from the artist and goes even harder. In the past I've said that elsier is perfect for fans of Blondshell and Lucy Dacus, and that's still true. But this latest song rocks just a little more hard than that. The guitar has a slightly stronger edge, and there's this great indie rock fuzz once the rock side kicks in. "meaning of life" isn't exactly sludgy, but it's also not not sludgy. Plus, elsier keeps that pop side intact for this latest, giving the entire song a slight sheen over the grit.

meg elsier says of her latest single:

“’meaning of life” is about giving depression company. It’s being fucking tired, stuck in self-sabotage and procrastination, feeling nothing and living vicariously through other people instead. It’s a pretty goddamn selfish song.

“It’s also about ruining normal, sweet moments with nihilistic thoughts, like what happens when I die while I’m trying to find that a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon. There’s no reason to it. And if there’s no reason to it, then maybe there’s no reason to me. It’s about the freedom and relief in realizing that maybe it’s not about everything being meaningless, but about how hard it is to find meaning when there’s no reason to it.”

You can watch the video for "meaning of life" below. The single is out now on Bright Antenna Records. For more on meg elsier, check out the artist's website.

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