“What constitutes a memory?” That’s a question Rachel Brown asks on “Let It Be 10,000 Years,” the opening song on their new Thanks For Coming EP What Is My Capacity To Love?.
The project finds Brown in the immediate aftermath of a romantic break-up, trawling through the echoes of their past relationships and trying to piece themselves together while avoiding a repeat.
Across eight scrappy and confessional songs, Brown reflects on a life spent seeking closeness with another person while never fully committing to letting anyone in.
It’s a self-lacerating project that manages to find an air of positivity from the minor depths of another disappointment. Through their DIY indie rock songs, which feel like inner monologues set to unkempt guitars and drum beats, Brown realizes that self-understanding trumps projecting ideas onto somebody else.
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