Scraping By Was Never the Dream
I lost my dad, my cat, and my best friend all in one season. But the grief that hit hardest wasn’t just for them—it was for the version of me I left behind.
I lost my dad, my cat, and my best friend all in one season. But the grief that hit hardest wasn’t just for them—it was for the version of me I left behind.
Lucia Cifarelli sang straight into our bodies and souls, because that’s just what she does.
In 1999, a lost 17-year-old discovers KMFDM’s album XTORT while coping with life challenges after being booted from his apartment. The music profoundly resonates with his feelings of disenfranchisement and turmoil, revitalizing him. Despite learning of the band’s breakup shortly after, KMFDM becomes a pivotal force in his life journey.
“We’re living in a time where books, music, and art are being pulled from shelves and walls due to ideologies that are in direct conflict with what art is supposed to do, which is to move us for better or worse.”
Behold… It isn’t every day that one of my favorite human beings and singers of all time releases new music; Alas, 2024 delivers an opulent treat in the form of Lucia Cifarelli’s third solo album, No God Here ! No God Here joins From the Land of Volcanoes (2003) and I Am Eye (2021) as…
The future of music and art must not belong to the mediocre !
They threw out the cookie cutter but still managed to deliver the cookies.
I Am Eye clearly comes out of a special place in Lucia’s heart and life, a place of synchronicity and wonder, at some intersection between inner human dissonance and long-awaited harmonious redemption.