The first songs about fibromyalgia?
Today I found this on Twitter and I'm telling everyone who I think might be interested. Tamara Cimmerian, singer for a band called KatZen, has fibromyalgia and the band has released a 3-song EP called Overcome. One-third of the proceeds will go to the National Fibromyalgia Association. It's only $2.97, available at iTunes, Amazon, and other online music stores.
I just bought and listened to it. The music is hard to fit into a genre, and maybe that's what I most like about it. There's only one band it reminds me of, and that was a local band that broke up over ten years ago (locals, I'm talking about Violet Strange). It's good, mid-tempo rock, obviously with female vocals, that uses chords and effects you don't hear everyday. There's something exotic and meditative about this music that I can't put my finger on after only one listen, but I like it. Right away, what strikes me is that the lyrics are powerful without being too literal. Any fibromite would probably be able to relate and hopefully those who don't have it will see a little bit of what we deal with by listening to her words.
While I'd love it if everybody would buy this EP in order to support the cause of researching an illness that is widely misunderstood and whose sufferers are often derided as "lazy" "whiners," I also want to stress that the music is good. It's something I think my friends might like regardless of its association with a "cause." This isn't really issue-oriented music, even though the lyrics are about Cimmerian's coming to grips with her illness and overcoming it (hence the title of the EP being Overcome). For three bucks, it's also a good way to find a band you might not have heard of before.
ETA: KatZen official site
I just bought and listened to it. The music is hard to fit into a genre, and maybe that's what I most like about it. There's only one band it reminds me of, and that was a local band that broke up over ten years ago (locals, I'm talking about Violet Strange). It's good, mid-tempo rock, obviously with female vocals, that uses chords and effects you don't hear everyday. There's something exotic and meditative about this music that I can't put my finger on after only one listen, but I like it. Right away, what strikes me is that the lyrics are powerful without being too literal. Any fibromite would probably be able to relate and hopefully those who don't have it will see a little bit of what we deal with by listening to her words.
While I'd love it if everybody would buy this EP in order to support the cause of researching an illness that is widely misunderstood and whose sufferers are often derided as "lazy" "whiners," I also want to stress that the music is good. It's something I think my friends might like regardless of its association with a "cause." This isn't really issue-oriented music, even though the lyrics are about Cimmerian's coming to grips with her illness and overcoming it (hence the title of the EP being Overcome). For three bucks, it's also a good way to find a band you might not have heard of before.
ETA: KatZen official site