King Nun, a five piece out of London, brings us a fresh slice with “OCD” off of their new album LAMB released a couple weeks ago through Marshall Records. Influenced by grunge darlings Sonic Youth and Pixies, I’m immediately drawn to the downbeat and discordant sounds from the bass and guitar in the gratuitous (but not overwrought) intro.
Tackling a subject that’s near and dear to me, front man Theo had this to say on the track:
“I think there was a good two years where I had an incredible bout of health anxiety that at every turn nearly put a stop to my life…I was really struggling with everything you could imagine and the simplest thing became massive and complicated.”
You can feel the struggle and angst all throughout and it reminded of a darker take of “The Bitch of Living” from the Spring Awakening Musical Soundtrack (I know, weird deep cut but it’s such a fun track).
Be sure to give “OCD” a listen over on Spotify or basically any other listening medium imaginable here.