The Bittersweets: "I'm Still Here"
The Bittersweets are a Nashville-via-San Francisco duo who walk a precarious line between darkness and light. They weave accessible and almost familiar melodies through a lyrically rich dusk horizon. Sometimes leaning towards folk-tinged Americana, other times veering into pop and rock, their music always seems to be searching for something that none of us can find, lurking just beyond the shadows.
And Hannah Meyers' voice turns out to be the perfect delivery mechanism for navigating this space, having “a delicious knack for simultaneously rocking out and whispering in our ears,” as the Boston Globe writes. Not infrequently, her voice melds in harmony or unison with her life and musical partner Chris Meyers until they are no longer distinguishable and become one.
You have likely heard their music during a television show or seen them opening up for one of your favorite acts. After attending a sold out show in Colorado, influential music blogger/promoter Heather Powell Browne potentially described their music best, writing, "This was the best show I've seen out of the last 100 shows, maybe. It broke my heart and fixed it all in one night, and I couldn't breathe."
In 2021, they began releasing a song each month, a practice that they plan to continue indefinitely.
The song “I’m Still Here” is about watching an addict following the slow path of dying, but still with us. It is watching a person who is still living and breathing, but only as a vessel occupied by the disease.
“We lost a bunch of people close to us during 2020 from a variety of causes. One of the hidden stories during the pandemic was the deep suffering and isolation felt by so many people. So many of those already suffering from mental illness and addiction were dragged down deeper and faster. One of the only times we played publicly during the pandemic was on a mountaintop at the funeral of a fan who died far too young of alcoholism.
We also lost a family member to the same disease in 2020. This song is about how terrible it is to watch someone slowly dying from addiction. The disease slowly takes your capacity to feel joy and love and converts it into anger at yourself and those around you. It slowly breaks down your body, your skin, and your vital organs until the end is near and so many addicts look back wondering how they ever got to this place.” explained The Bittersweets.
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