"Thanks for the serotonin safari, my friend / The lions in my skull / Fed with patented pills..."
The off kilter art pop, experimental dice roll of "Legally Depressed" by Booma Bitz, the alternative project of Findy, feels like a sonic key that turns on something in your brain, revs it up wanting you to be at an intimate venue experiencing bands expressing all kinds of differences instead of the same ole thing. Nights like that are far and few in between but they do exist and stick in your memory banks forever for you to recollect when your life feels stagnant. I am loving the opening with voices as rhythmic percussions, really loving the bass line and phased out guitar. The blend of English and Chinese vocals with appropriate levels of soulful snarkiness and artful exuberance works on all sorts of levels. Loving the fizzy popping synth lines, the slapping beat (machine or otherwise) and while the sound here might not be easy to crack in a few words (or genres), the sense is lo-fi indie, trip hop alt, twee or (weeee) abstract pop that could be an amalgam of or adjacent to The Pinker Tones meets East Coast art indie Cibo Matto meets Brooklyn based Land of the Loops with the amazing Tina Weymouth on bass.
That is all I've got except I am loving the sometimes strange lyrics that poke and me and I wish this song was a bit longer. I will have to check out the album where this track resides called "Lions in My Skull" and hope to delve into it soon enough.
-Robb Donker Curtius
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[This started from the phrase “legally depressed,” the idea that certain emotional states can be named, managed, even normalized.
It moves between English and Chinese, almost like shifting perspectives mid-thought.
It also connects to the album "Lions in My Skull," where I began to see “wildness” less as freedom, and more as something that gets shaped or contained.]
It moves between English and Chinese, almost like shifting perspectives mid-thought.
It also connects to the album "Lions in My Skull," where I began to see “wildness” less as freedom, and more as something that gets shaped or contained.]
LYRICS
I don’t wanna look away
I don’t wanna take a break
It’s typical, tangible, wonderful
But I don’t really get the logic
合法抑郁
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
Sailors are back
There’s a bird coming to the party
Shouted
“let’s embrace the bright future”
But where’s the future?
I don’t wanna look away
I don’t wanna take a break
Unbreakable, wonderful, lovable
But no one’s gonna get the logic
合法抑郁
说真的合法抑郁
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
合法抑郁
说真的合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
谁不想合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Thanks for the serotonin safari, my friend
The lions in my skull
Fed with patented pills
I wanna be a doctor
So I can put a knife on somebody else
Legally
Legally
I don’t wanna take a break
It’s typical, tangible, wonderful
But I don’t really get the logic
合法抑郁
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
Sailors are back
There’s a bird coming to the party
Shouted
“let’s embrace the bright future”
But where’s the future?
I don’t wanna look away
I don’t wanna take a break
Unbreakable, wonderful, lovable
But no one’s gonna get the logic
合法抑郁
说真的合法抑郁
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
合法抑郁
谁不想合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
合法抑郁
说真的合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Lions in my skull
谁不想合法抑郁
合法抑郁
Thanks for the serotonin safari, my friend
The lions in my skull
Fed with patented pills
I wanna be a doctor
So I can put a knife on somebody else
Legally
Legally
about the album (via Bandcamp)
Lions in My Skull is a record of quiet friction. Inspired by the proximity of lions on the savannah, it observes how instinct exists within modern systems: monitored, regulated, and occasionally performed.
The album is a taxonomy of adaptation. From the biological unease of “Traitor” to the synthetic calm of “Serotonin Safari,” the music drifts through the reflex of being seen without being fully known. A set of small withdrawals. Held impulses. Routes that don’t quite lead out.
The lions stay where they are.
credits
released March 6, 2026
Written, recorded, mixed and produced by Findy.
Mastered by Francis Gorini at London Mastering Studio.
Additional credits:
Boshka Wunda - Guitar: Uncle Hu & Findy
A Pufferfish About to Pop - Spoken word (Thai): Ally Chonlakarn
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
https://boomabitz.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@BoomaBitz
https://www.instagram.com/findifindy/
Booma Bitz is the alternative project of Findy, following a decade playing in a 90s-leaning guitar band.
Started in 2024, the project is a deliberate departure from familiar structures, fusing raw, unpolished guitar textures with minimalist DIY electronics. The debut album, 'Lions in My Skull' (March 6, 2026), was conceptually forged between the African savannah and the dense urban grid. It explores a shifting sense of 'wildness', an instinct that becomes visceral in the wild, only to feel distorted and claustrophobic when dragged back into the city.
Some tracks stay melodic, others drift into fragmented spoken-word, but they all sit somewhere inside that tension.
Lions in My Skull is a record of quiet friction. Inspired by the proximity of lions on the savannah, it observes how instinct exists within modern systems: monitored, regulated, and occasionally performed.
The album is a taxonomy of adaptation. From the biological unease of “Traitor” to the synthetic calm of “Serotonin Safari,” the music drifts through the reflex of being seen without being fully known. A set of small withdrawals. Held impulses. Routes that don’t quite lead out.
The lions stay where they are.
credits
released March 6, 2026
Written, recorded, mixed and produced by Findy.
Mastered by Francis Gorini at London Mastering Studio.
Additional credits:
Boshka Wunda - Guitar: Uncle Hu & Findy
A Pufferfish About to Pop - Spoken word (Thai): Ally Chonlakarn
The Chicken Wheel will take you to the AP Go Fund Me- and any amount is so appreciated!
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://boomabitz.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@BoomaBitz
https://www.instagram.com/findifindy/
Booma Bitz is the alternative project of Findy, following a decade playing in a 90s-leaning guitar band.
Started in 2024, the project is a deliberate departure from familiar structures, fusing raw, unpolished guitar textures with minimalist DIY electronics. The debut album, 'Lions in My Skull' (March 6, 2026), was conceptually forged between the African savannah and the dense urban grid. It explores a shifting sense of 'wildness', an instinct that becomes visceral in the wild, only to feel distorted and claustrophobic when dragged back into the city.
Some tracks stay melodic, others drift into fragmented spoken-word, but they all sit somewhere inside that tension.
Booma Bitz, China, alt pop, art rock, post punk, experimental pop, trip hop, twee, art pop, alternative project of Findy, alt rock, "Legally Depressed", new album "Lions in My Skull", spoken word, sung vocals, artful abstractions,
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