When a person tells you who they are, it’s best to listen. And when an artist declares a new track “the most unhinged song I have ever written,” well, that warrants full attention, too. Enter Sydney Sprague, the Phoenix singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who delivers “As Scared As Can Be” as a full swandive into the chaos that only charred emotional wreckage of unreciprocated love can bring. “It is a manic, headbang-able doom spiral about unrequited feelings, paranoia, and the humiliation of being desperate for attention from someone who clearly doesn’t want you back,” Sprague says. It’s also decidedly catchy as fuck, and has the type of sun-kissed indie and alt-rock glow that should make us forget all about the losers who can’t hang. Pop it onto a summer playlist and start dishing out love only when it’s served back.
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