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Seek Asylum from Myself

by NEWSKI

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Seasonal depression weighs a ton, and BRETT NEWSKI's own "Grunge Lite" is just the genre to lighten the load on your brain. Written on a napkin in his 02' Toyota amply named "Dennis" (after his grandpa Dennis), "Seek Asylum from Myself" dives into the battles in one's own head and finding the balance between medication and just riding out the storm.

Feeling guilty about being sad is a big problem in today's instagram culture. The fact of the matter is that it's totally normal to be sad sometimes. It's part of being a person. "It's ok to be sad. It's ok to be angry. No need to feel guilty, person."

"Just like your heart attacks you, your brain can attack you too" says Newski, who's recent book It's Hard to be a Person makes fun of his own anxieties and dives into mental health boosts for getting out of your own brain.

In actuality, 99% of the "worries" we create for ourselves are self-inflicted unnecessarily. As Newski states in the song's finale, "most of my worries are actually just comedy."

Music Video shot on VHS camcorders in Mexico City.


"Showcases the unapologetically frank but not overly aggressive nature of 90s alt. rock perfectly." -American Songwriter

"I like the sound and the way he is forcing the world to contend with him." -Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes

“I love how easy Newski makes it to plow through the dark stuff with some well placed humor and grit.” -Stelth Ulvang (of the Lumineers)

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LYRICS
Blowing social cues
And I’m nervous about the truth
That I stash inside a cabinet
You’re jimmying the lock in
Won’t you Break off the key
In my left brain please
Absorbing too much energy from people in the room

I wanna catch the feels
But my doctor gave me pills
Barometer is iffy under chemical sway
Worried that you’ll hate me
Friends might escape me
Circular thinking
Toilet bowl in my brain

La da da
was close to breaking thru but instead
I seek asylum from myself (3x)

MELODY

Walled up tendencies
Caffeine dependency
The only thing that fixes
The troughs is the java
My living room is lava
Can’t touch the floor
Cause the OCD it just hides under the boards

I wanna catch the feels
But I’m brokering a deal
With the devil in a Walgreens
Tryin to block the synapse

La da da
was close to breaking thru but instead
I seek asylum from myself (3x)

Its ok to be sad
Its ok to be angry
No need to feel guilty, person

Most of my worries are actually comedy (4x)
I will stop listening to voices
No art in self-avoidance
And There’s no asylum from yourself

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released November 12, 2021
Produced by Spatola n Newski. Mixed n mastered by Spatola.

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NEWSKI Milwaukee, Wisconsin

FESTIVAL APPEARANCES: Rolling Stone Festival, Iceland Airwaves, Reeperbahn Germany, SXSW official

BRETT NEWSKI supports and tours: 
Courtney Barnett, Pixies, Violent Femmes, Manchester Orchestra, New Pornographers, Chuck Ragan, Rocky Votolato, Ezra Furman, Better than Ezra
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