Fiery, Charged, Heartfelt: A tour through punk and emo influences on Lost Inside My Head
Like the music at its roots, Lost inside my head is unafraid to get deeply political, lonesome, desperately sad, ferociously angry, and silly when it needs to break the tension.
Muffin Fox released their first EP, Cracked pavement testimonies and subsequent album, Lost inside my head, in short order over the last few weeks and debuted their first music collections to the world. This author had the opportunity to listen to an early release of Lost inside my head before its official launch date of November 1st.
As someone who frequently explores the DIY and underground Emo music scene, this was familiar territory and would fit in with the best of the new releases from the genre, and is a highlight of not just the best furry music has to offer but in those spaces as well. Muffin Fox proves the venn diagram of crossover between scenes is alive and thriving.
On Lost inside my head, the influence from acts like Dead Kennedys, NOFX, American Football and other such Punk, Pop Punk & Emo staples is transparently clear. This album is dripping with its influences and displays them proudly.
Each track takes a different turn through different spaces of these genres, from steadfast, thrashy, brazen Punk rousers (“Quirked up white boy”) to lonesome & melancholic introspections (“Outside for Inside Problems”), and the perfectly timed relief tracks such as Greedo Compressor barking like a dog on “Lunch With Your Mom”.
Like the music at its roots, this album is unafraid to get deeply political, lonesome, desperately sad, ferociously angry, and silly when it needs to break the tension. What gives this album lasting power is its ability to display all these feelings in complementary fashion, giving context and supporting its emotion in a way that feels thematically consistent. It's never afraid to wear its heart on its worn denim sleeves and say exactly what it wants to say, whether being highly critical of the current political atmosphere (“MAGA huge balls”), (“TV (tyrannical voices)”), lamenting genocide (“Cracked pavement testimonies”), rife with poignant self-consciousness (“Lucky with you, not with cards”, “Outside for inside problems”), or or being fiercely defensive of self expression (“IWBYD I”, “The dark lord Sauron stole my lunch money”).
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The way this album weaves through these emotions and lands every time feels sincere to the experience of many--not just furries, either--and is absolutely anthemic to the struggles and frustrations of burgeoning adulthood and social consciousness of our modern era in a way that could only come from music that was deeply, painfully personal.
You can find Lost inside my head by Muffin Fox on Bandcamp and streaming services.
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