I’m absolutely enamoured with “Pressure in my Chest,” the new single from Aussie expat Indigo Sparke. On hearing this song, I couldn’t stop thinking about my own struggles with anxiety. Indigo is cryptic about the song’s meaning, simply stating “In the birth of memory, there is the eternal moment of time. All things exist here. Through night dreams and wishes, and hot tears and laughing stars, I carried myself to the desert to traverse the landscape of history and reconcile the ever-present Pressure in my Chest.”
I don’t mind that Indigo keeps us guessing. It means we can take whatever we want from this beautiful song.
“Pressure in my Chest” comes from Indigo’s forthcoming album Hysteria, due out on October 7, a collection of songs conceived while Indigo was stuck in Australia at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, waiting for her visa to be renewed so she could return to New York City. She was far from the place she now called home, processing a difficult breakup, and seeing the whole world seemingly crumble around her. If that doesn’t make for a compelling album, I don’t know what will. “Pressure in my Chest” is certainly a great start.
Image used with permission from Inertia Music; credit: Angela Ricciardi