Thin Flesh - TRAITRS

It has been a little while since I covered an alternative band. So I thought I would take us back to the Gothic. TRAITRS are a Cold wave band from Canada.

This song starts with just a simple drum beat, before bringing in the guitars and synths. Then before the song starts they play the drums and when you expect the beat of the drum they play the synths slight louder. I think this is a very small thing but it really helps create the song. These small unnoticeable changes can really change a lot about the song and I think that's such an interesting part of music. The instruments are heavy in a lot of their songs and this creates a dark feeling, making the song feel mysterious and ominous.

I'm going to be honest, usually I can come up with a meaning for the lyrics within songs. But for this one I can't really come up with one. All I can really tell is that the singer sounds pained by something 'Thin Flesh bleeds out side the soul' and repeatedly saying 'It won't let go' suggests this person is being dragged back by something. Perhaps this is a metaphor for mental health struggles. I'm not really sure and I would love to know what other people think about this song. To me the lyrics are a bit like a poem, and perhaps i'm just not in a place to see the meaning in it yet. That being the case I still really appreciate the song and I hope you will too.

I'm hoping this piece was a nice introduction to TRAITRS if you haven't heard of them before. I would also really appreciate, if you like my pieces, if you would be willing to share my work with people you think would be interested as well. As always thank you for reading x