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A stroke of destiny, or the right place at the right time. This is how Stone Gossard and Ani DiFranco connected to support women and their rights to reproductive health care. The track is “Disorders,” created by Gossard along with Josh Evans, Skerik and Stanton Moore, with lyrics and melody by DiFranco. Listen to “Disorders” HERE. All proceeds go to the National Network of Abortion Funds, which aims to remove the financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. “Disorders” is a production of Loosegroove and Righteous Babe Records.
About “Disorders” Gossard says, “What keeps me coming back to playing my guitar is the magic of how musical bits and pieces can transform into a complete song with a life of its own . The major ingredients are usually an inspired collaboration and some ephemeral fairy dust. What was recorded 6 years ago as a demo in New Orleans sat for a while until Skerik had the epiphany to ask his friend, the singer, musician, artist, and activist Ani DiFranco, to add her voice and words. Ani's fierce melodic independence and her visceral in-the-moment vocal performance took this track to a much higher plane. I'm thrilled have been part of this song and to have had the chance to collaborate with this Incredible group of artists.”
DiFranco shares that longtime friend Skerik mentioned a track he was working on that needed vocals and lyrics and she offered to listen. “What showed up was a killer track with an evocative guitar hook, a shape, a vibe, a bombastic balls-to-the-wall outro. I marveled that anyone could record a song that sounded so cohesive and fully realized with no melody or lyric to guide it. I felt instantly inspired and honored. I was invited to sing about whatever I wanted.”
DiFranco continues, “With the imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade, women in every Republican stronghold in this country are left treading in a sea of unnecessary suffering, just trying to keep their heads above water. Poor women will be drowned by the score. That is why this track is a fundraiser for abortion access - to help women who don’t have resources but who desperately need abortions. I am so grateful for men like Stone, Skerik, Stanton- not just for the blessing of this track and the honor of being invited into it, but for actually seeing women in their full humanity and being willing to stand with them.”
LYRICS one disorder or another it’s a lot to process so much for due process
can i take your order? can i take how you ignored her? can i even pique your interest? (buy me time to get dressed)
if you know then you know how your grip can just let go how the meaning can get missed once you know how it feels to not exist
i have entered into negotiations with the blissful abyss of disassociation and all that it implies watching you weaponize your ejaculations
one fire or another it’s a lot to process i just need an egress
your importance has reached global proportions it’s a lot to process i guess this my process
i have entered into negotiations with the blissful abyss of disassociation and all that it implies watching you weaponize…
i don’t give a fuck what you think you know look at you, you don’t know
CREDITS Stone Gossard: guitar Ani DiFranco: vocals Skerik: saxophone Stanton Moore: drums Josh Evans: producer, sampler
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Post subject: Re: new stone song w/ani difranco, skerik - "disorders"
Posted: Fri June 24, 2022 11:08 am
She / Her
Joined: Sun January 26, 2020 12:10 pm Posts: 12386 Location: Warwickshire, UK
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
I liked the song but I have very mixed feelings about her as a person so I'm not all in
That's why I prefer not to know anything about performers whose art I happen to like. People are such a disappointment, it's unbearable.
I think that's fine as long as it's not something that spoils the message of the music for you; my main issue with her as that she sits uncomfortably between vocal support of trans people, and trying to keep trans-exclusionary feminists "understood" and happy at the same time; personally I don't think she's a TERF, but her fence-sitting makes it different for me to fully embrace a song like this; and what frustrates me is that Stone is unlikely to be immersed in the issues enough to take a stand beyond "supporting a women's cause"; I'm not mad at him for it
Post subject: Re: new stone song w/ani difranco, skerik - "disorders"
Posted: Fri June 24, 2022 11:23 am
AnalLog
Joined: Tue July 23, 2013 6:51 am Posts: 1843
tragabigzanda wrote:
I’m disappointed by the production. Very generic modern indie rock. Boring.
I like it that it's minimalistic in its sound. I tend to move towards more minimalistic sounding music lately. For instance, although I enjoyed Quick Escape initially, with time it's become irritating because of all the unnecessary fluff and excessive noises mixed into it. DOTC remains the only tack with repeat value for me off of the whole of Gigaton.
Post subject: Re: new stone song w/ani difranco, skerik - "disorders"
Posted: Sun July 03, 2022 1:13 am
AnalLog
Joined: Mon March 30, 2020 11:59 pm Posts: 1757 Location: sleep sac in a bivouac
Lounge Lizard wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
I’m disappointed by the production. Very generic modern indie rock. Boring.
I like it that it's minimalistic in its sound. I tend to move towards more minimalistic sounding music lately. For instance, although I enjoyed Quick Escape initially, with time it's become irritating because of all the unnecessary fluff and excessive noises mixed into it. DOTC remains the only tack with repeat value for me off of the whole of Gigaton.
So do you like the live versions of Quick Escape?
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