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January Makes Me Sad

by Anna Smyrk

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January Makes Me Sad is the new anti-New Year anthem from Australian indie auteur Anna Smyrk.
A follow up from her EP Cortisol and Blue light, released earlier this year, the new track was recorded in Nashville with producers Jake Finch and Collin Pastore, who have worked with boygenius and Lucy Dacus. These influences are palpable in 'January Makes Me Sad', which is replete with breathy tones, layered backing vocals and melancholic lyrics that feel like the pleasure of pushing on a bruise.

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I will do better
That’s what I tell myself
This is a new year
I’ll take care of my health

But January makes me sad

The street are lined
With dead Christmas trees
Already tired
Of what is good for me

Cos January makes me sad
Everybody’s feeling bad
About how much they’re still the same

So I stay up till six
Planning the ways I’ll change
I write the perfect list
Then sleep through the day again

Cos January makes me sad
It’s gone so fast and then
That’s that, light a match and let it burn

And its
Auld Lang Syne
Over and over
Auld Lang Syne
Over and over

Yeah it’s the same old shit
With a different name
We all buy into it
And start the year again

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released November 30, 2023

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Anna Smyrk Melbourne, Australia

With a voice described as ‘truly astonishing’ by Rolling Stone, Anna Smyrk is a powerful singer and song-maker from Australia.

Her songs are anthemic indie bombshells, pairing vulnerable lyrics with explosive arrangements and ear-wormy hooks.
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