Sick Of Counting Tears

Beach Bunny “April”

“April” is a song about months going by while you’re stuck in an emotional stasis, hung up on a relationship that’s long over but is idealized in your mind beyond all reason. Lili Trifilio sings the song with a plaintive but slightly defensive tone, as though she’s a little embarrassed to feel this way but honors her emotion too much to side against the part of herself that might be like “oh, please, shut up about this, this isn’t healthy.” Maybe the sentiment here is a bit pathetic, but only if you’re looking at it without much empathy or the emotional intelligence to notice it’s all just processing an experience to learn what you actually want and need. Not for nothing, but the most melodically and emotionally resonant bit of this song is when she’s declaring what she wants in the future: “Sometimes I just want somebody that reminds me that they’ll always love me.”

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