“Stir Crazy” (This is a Revolver song) – Queen City Sounds and Art

This is a Revolver, photo courtesy the artists

This is a Revolver really nails a sense of desperation and hopelessness on “Stir Crazy.” The song reflects members of the band’s recent experience with COVID-19 and having to quarantine for a few weeks but takes that a step further into existential territory and injects that immediate mood with a touch of dark euphoria that seems to come with knowing you’ve tried all the solutions presented to you by experts and friends. When the lyrics mention “barely getting by” and being “busted from the brain down” that could be modern life in general and a very understandable and relatable reaction to a situation that doesn’t look like it’s getting better and the generalized anxiety that extends from there. In the music video the band’s vocalist looks to be meeting experiences in a prolonged state of duress while pointing out how she’s “seen a doctor” and “seen a priest” and read the kinds of books people say are going to fix what ails you, tried to use magic of the naturalistic kind of otherwise and taken the pills that are supposed to put things right. But there are situations that our culture and society hasn’t done so great at addressing including the pandemic as we pretend it’s over when you hear about people in your circle of family and friends getting COVID for the first time even now. And the sound of of This Is A Revolver’s psychedelic and borderline deathrock song is the embodiment of that agonized malaise. Watch the video for “Stir Crazy” on YouTube and follow This is a Revolver at the links below.