AP Track Review
WRENN aka Zoe Mirkovich churns out alternative rock bolstered by grunge rock eruptions and bedroom pop dreaminess. On her big guitar driven Craigslist Personals it begins chunky and sparse with her purely pained lilt already tugging at your heart and shirt collar. When Sean Behr, Leo and Lucas Bomeny punch go, the song becomes a big sort of anthemic heavy rocker. Of the track, the 22 year old WRENN shares:
"Craigslist Personals was quite literally a fever dream I had at 3 am. I had the flu, taken too much cough medicine, woke up at 3 am, and found myself in the stairwell of my parents' house admitting to myself that I was still completely in love with my ex-girlfriend. We both were living through delusions at that point, and she absolutely would not examine the false narrative she has constructed in her head. In that sense, the line in the chorus 'if you pretend I'm not around, can you pretend to hear me out' personifies the song in its entirety. I felt like I was just silently begging her to take a step back and view both our faults as partners as honestly as possible in order to grow for ourselves, and our future relationships. Instead, she found more comfort in finding someone new, cutting their hair, dressing them up in my clothes, and using this highly-constructed relationship to shield her from herself. The whole thing was like a poorly veiled personal add I'm not even sure she knew she was advertising. This song was everything I wish she could have truly heard. I hope everyone else can hear it."
We hear it loud and clear.
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Robb Donker
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
The 22-year-old grew up surrounded by music and it's evident in her inherent knack for creating hits. On the new track, WRENN says, "'Craigslist Personals' was quite literally a fever dream I had at 3 am. I had the flu, taken too much cough medicine, woke up at 3 am, and found myself in the stairwell of my parents' house admitting to myself that I was still completely in love with my ex-girlfriend. We both were living through delusions at that point, and she absolutely would not examine the false narrative she has constructed in her head. In that sense, the line in the chorus 'if you pretend I'm not around, can you pretend to hear me out' personifies the song in its entirety. I felt like I was just silently begging her to take a step back and view both our faults as partners as honestly as possible in order to grow for ourselves, and our future relationships. Instead, she found more comfort in finding someone new, cutting their hair, dressing them up in my clothes, and using this highly-constructed relationship to shield her from herself. The whole thing was like a poorly veiled personal add I'm not even sure she knew she was advertising. This song was everything I wish she could have truly heard. I hope everyone else can hear it."
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