Coed Pageant and the sad, tender punchiness of "Sleep it Off"

 

"when the ones you love feel like the ones you don't"

At first the pure catchiness of Coed Pageant's pop rock postured "Sleep it Off" feels like a hard instruction or hope (or wish) that we could sleep off 2020 all together very soon but then the words started seeping into my brain and into my heart. Underneath the simple sort of 90's indie rock classicalism, that made me think a wee bit of a crashing together of Semisonic and Blink 182, you begin to ingest the emotional imagery flowing off the lyrics full of sadness but a simple resolve too:

"when it feels so bad you know it won't get better" or "when the ones you love feel like the ones you don't" or "when it's a part of you, you can't get beyond it"

We have all been there but those who can't get out of the abyss (and current times make it so much harder) can literally drown in their own sadness so sleeping it off, dusting oneself off, keeping your brain and heart active is, sometimes, the only solution. 

Coed Pageant are Bradley & Gretchen Bergstrand based out of Bluffton, Ohio and of the song they offer:

"This is a song off of our upcoming release 'Visiting Hours'. The song and the album is about struggling, coping with and treating mental health. The songs seek to be relatable and meaningful while at the same time catchy and memorable"

"Visiting Hours" drops on December 4th and I look forward to hearing it.

-Robb Donker Curtius

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