On “You’ll Only Make It Worse” Renwick articulates in some detail and with an air of sensitivity and hard won self-awareness the feeling of knowing you need to try to make amends to someone you hurt but that maybe your current self and your ways of being and communicating can only make the situation worse. Its hushed tones and beautifully saturated and lush soundscape express well a gentleness of spirit and vulnerability in that moment in having good intentions but being so keenly aware of one’s limitations and the hurt caused and the painful realization that maybe making things good again is beyond your abilities. It really is mostly a male instinct to think one can simply “fix” something with actions but here Renwick sagely recognizes that such a mentality is hard to shed when it’s so ingrained in you to be a “problem solver” and shed it you must and not so that you can make amends in a possessive way but so that you avoid causing harm in similar ways in the future. It’s a bittersweet, resigned song but all the better for not taking on the stance of conquering male bravado. The song comes from Renwick’s 2019 EP I Hope You Feel Good In The Morning and you can listen to the single on YouTube and follow Renwick at the links below.
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