By Sam Millne
Fazakerley-born singer songwriter, Issy Sutcliffe is back with her second single, Drugs Can’t Fix Me, and it’s a sign of great things to come.
While Issy’s first single, Baby, Bye, was a statement of her intention to make her mark as a young woman who knows her worth, her second release is an insight into the weakness behind some of that facade.
The Manchester-based musician said: “The single sheds light on depression, rebelling against the notion that all mental health problems can be fixed with the use of prescription medication.”
The track retains a lot of the elements of her previous release – power chords and passionate vocals are hallmarks of her music – but there is more of an emotional attachment to this song, from a male perspective anyway.
Writing about mental health problems is becoming an increasingly frequent outlet for creatives as the population often fights a losing battle against illness.
Due to Issy’s raw and powerful vocal performance, it easy to hear the emotion in her voice as she sings about issues that so many can relate to.
What Drugs Can’t Fix Me perhaps does slightly better than Baby, Bye is how the track begins and builds into that passionate chorus.
The song starts with verses that feel familiar to some of Liam Gallagher’s best solo work, but it’s not long before Issy flows back into her more usual heavy rock, reminiscent of Crawlers’ work.
Issy added: “I wrote Drugs Cant Fix Me when I was in a place of complete hopelessness.
“A feeling that no matter what I do I will always be making the wrong decisions and be extremely unhappy.”
After Baby, Bye’s debut success, Drugs Can’t Fix Me has shown Issy has the ability to write deeper songs as well as her anthemic feminist tracks.
You can follow Issy Sutcliffe here and listen to Drugs Can’t Fix Me here.
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