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I have a long standing crush on Lydia. There, now it has been said :) Been enjoying their music for a long time now, looking forward to this one. Viva la PNW!
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there’s a lie
that we all tell
I don’t mind
trading comfort for a change
free will doesn’t feel free
anymore
waiting for some sign
wasting time
breath in hollow air
nothing’s there
I wanna trust myself again
but instead
all my needs bend
to fit in
I will sit still with my doubt
real life doesn’t feel real
anymore
waiting for some sign
wasting time
breath in hollow air
I’m still here
I wanna know myself again
I’m always saying yes
but when it comes around, I don’t wanna leave my house
at the time, everything felt new
and one night could really change you
someone like me can’t let go of anything
moments move like chemtrails in my mind
now I want more, thinking I deserve less
maybe I’ll be happier this time
the warmth of everything
I waited, and it came
we’ll be good, or at least we should
what more can we really ask for
someone like me can’t let go of anything
moments move like chemtrails in my mind
now I want more, thinking I deserve less
apathy is difficult to hide
I’m not used to feeling what I choose to
hanging onto words you might’ve said
now I’m weightless, like I’ve been erased I’m
painting us a picture in my head
riding bikes across the I-90 bridge
9 at night, this feels like flying
flashing headlights and the waves reflect the sun
when you said, “I feel like dying”
I don’t wanna hear the things you have to say
it’s just the adrenaline talking
don’t share your feelings about me
I’m sorry I just don’t have the capacity
cut the water with the sharp knife of your hand
never seen a stroke so smooth
same long fingers that can carry any mood
and relieve the pain I carry
you can stay awhile
but you can’t sleep in my bed
tell your girlfriend she’s got nothing to fear
I’m set in my head
my body’s a different story
10.
Laugh
11.
Like That
about
In their decade-plus together, the four-piece—Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar, vocals), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals), and Annie Truscott (bass, vocals)—have created a resonant body of work. Live Laugh Love is a natural continuation. Against the bizarre backdrop of the past few years, Chastity Belt remained a supportive space for the members to grow and experiment, drawing on the ingredients most essential to their process since the beginning: authenticity and levity. Recorded over three sessions in as many years (January 2020, November 2021 and 2022), the focus became more about enjoying their time together in the studio than making it feel like work. Their ease and familiarity with engineer Samur Khouja in LA, who also recorded their last album, made for a particularly enjoyable process. Once completed, they returned to renowned engineer Heba Kadry who mastered the album.
Album opener “Hollow” sets the tone with a gently driving rhythm while guitar layers stream like sun rays through an open car window. A warmth radiates through Shapiro’s voice, even while grappling with feeling lost and stuck. “The older I get,” Shapiro says of the lyrics, “the more I realize that I might just always feel this way, and it’s more about sitting with the feeling and accepting it, rather than trying to fight it.” That wisdom seems to anchor Live Laugh Love. Chastity Belt has never shied from navigating the spectrum of difficult emotions, and an existential thread weaves throughout the subject matter. And yet the songs feel more grounded than ever; there’s a sense of quiet confidence and self-assurance that comes with being less numb and more present. Facing discomfort takes more fortitude, after all.
Live Laugh Love finds the members in their prime as musicians. Their parts trace intricate patterns over one another, but there’s room to breathe between the layers. Everyone contributes to the writing, sometimes switching instruments, and for the first time, all four members sing a song. It’s never been more apparent that they are creative siblings, cut from the same belt. “We’ve been playing music with each other for over a decade,” says Shapiro, “so it really does feel like we’re all fluent in the same language, and a lot of it just happens naturally.”
“Laugh” seeks in the balm of friendship, aware of the anticipatory nostalgia that hits during a good time that you’re already missing before it’s gone; the heavier guitar tones on “Chemtrails” streak ominous chord progressions over Grimm’s precision timekeeping, lamenting memories that won’t fade easily. During a transitional time, Truscott came across a note in their phone that read, “it's not hard all day, just sometimes,” which inspired a poignant line in the chorus of “Kool-Aid,” their first song as lead vocalist on a Chastity Belt recording. Another standout, “I-90 Bridge” shines with a silvery melody that soars as Lund belts one of the most resounding moments on the album: “Tell your girlfriend she’s got nothing to fear/I’m set in my head/My body’s a different story.” The track “Blue” saunters nonchalantly with a wink; you can almost hear Shapiro’s smile as she sings “Faking it big time/So I can hit my stride/Man, it feels good to be alive,” channeling early Chastity Belt channeling early ’90s before channeling the late Elliott Smith in a spiral of distortion and insight: “Don’t get upset about it/It’s gonna pass/Tell all your friends about it/They’re gonna laugh.”
“We have such a strong sense of each other’s musical inclinations” says Lund. “I think this allows for a lot of playfulness…we can kinda surprise each other, like a good punchline would.”
credits
releases March 29, 2024
All songs written and performed by Chastity Belt:
Julia Shapiro, Lydia Lund, Annie Truscott, Gretchen Grimm
Recorded & mixed by Samur Khouja, assistant engineered by Dave Reichardt at Seahorse Sound Studios in Los Angeles
Chastity Belt is a real band formed in Walla Walla, WA by Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar), Annie
Truscott (bass), and Gretchen Grimm (drums), now residing in Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA.
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