Megan Black released Full Circle Part 1 on the 29 September, an EP of empowerment and solidarity.
The opening track ‘MOTHER. SISTER. LOVER’ celebrates female companionship while ‘Me Vs Mother Nature’ is a melancholic cry at the state of the environment. The concerns are personified, mixed with individual experiences, for example
‘But I can’t bloom / The way you do / I’m poison / Dead at the root / So maybe I’ll just be your observer / Because Mother knows that I could / Never serve her,’
thus poetically addressing disappointment and change rather than being outright political.
On the other hand, there are also the songs with chugging guitars and groove-induced anger which follow the style of the album Deadly is the Women released last year.
‘Just For Fun’ finds liberation in our flaws and explores the self-destructive tendencies that can come from relations with others. As Black sings authoritatively,
‘But I’ll find comfort in my own pain / And freedom in the mess I made / Breathe me in / I’m kinda strange / And I do it all / Just for Fun.’
‘Fuck You (You Stole My Youth)’ has sensual and edgy undertones but the lyrics address sexual assault and dealing with traumatic incidences as the years go by.
‘I need to stand for something / Speak for something’
Black exclaims in the song, emphasizing her motifs behind creating music.
Full Circle Part 1 is part of a larger project with more music from the Scottish artist to be released next year.
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