Melbourne alternative mainstays Yours Truly release new single “Careless Kind,” the latest off their impending new EP is this what i look like?, due out Friday, July 15 via UNFD.
An emo-tinged offering from the Melbourne quartet, “Careless Kind” takes cues from some of the Yours Truly’s earlier pop-punk leanings; but in place of wistful teen angst and relationship, woes is a cultivated take on ongoing anxieties and facing life’s grown-up hurdles, complete with plenty of bounce and simmering sonic snarls.
Of the making behind the raw yet vigorous anthem that is “Careless Kind”, Yours Truly vocalist Mikaila Delgado shares:
I wrote ‘Careless Kind’ after talking to a friend about my anxieties and listening to how chill they were about everything. I remember thinking, ‘I wish I could be like them, see things in black and white and not overthink absolutely everything.’ It tackles a lot of my health and social anxiety and how I feel like it constantly takes over my ability to be carefree because I’m always thinking ‘what if?’. Everything down to the scars on my ankles from an operation I had when I was young, which was where a lot of my self-consciousness began. It’s wishing I could reset my thoughts and remove the anxiety.