Sibillie Attar celebrates her decade as a solo artist with the new EP Lost Tracks 2012-2022. The lead track from the compilation is “Cold Generation” was recorded in 2017 and meant originally for release on the 2018 Paloma’s Hand EP. The song begins with urgent piano and a countdown sounding like something from a 1960s rocket launch. But when Attar’s vocals come in bright and emotionally intense yet sweetly melodic it can be easy to miss how the song is one of conflicted feelings that in contrast to the bubbly, ascending synth line and the dynamic of a slightly drifting momentum seems so striking and direct in its use of metaphors for trouble coming down the pike of your life and not being able to live with the compromises expected of you when success in your profession or your creative life suddenly becomes a part of your reality and a rising sense of panic and maybe even disgust at the insincerity that seems to be part of the deal of popularity and critical recognition while navigating the circles in which one has been thrust and perhaps even sought out before knowing what might happen. Attar sings of not knowing if she wants to make it because it “seems everybody’s faking” while she’s stuck in her “violent mind” and “no one cares for the good fight.” Sounds like it can warp one’s sense of one’s status in all your relationships. Attar garnered a Grammy Nomination for “Best Newcomer” in 2012 for her first EP The Flower’s Bed so maybe that experience informed some of this song or she was projecting and extrapolating for songwriting purposes on the experiences of people who have garnered even more sudden popularity at great personal cost. Whatever the true inspiration of the song it is instantly compelling and thought-provoking which is a rarity in a pop song indie or otherwise. Listen to “Cold Generation” on Spotify and follow Attar at the links below.
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