Chances are, anyone reading this is burnt the eff out. Grind culture is a scam, and now we’re all caught in a daily cycle that’s left us lifeless, listless, and feeling less than before. Weakened Friends are feeling this shit too, and now the Maine trio deliver an alt-rock banger to help us break free in “Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out),” a dizzying and cathartic anthem for all our real-world woes.
Check out the Jim Gilbert-directed video below, which features visual backdrop effects by Aaron Eskeets and a host of other notable contributions.
“After years of bouncing between underpaid, dead-end part-time jobs and being treated like a cog in a machine, we channeled that frustration into a rallying cry against toxic capitalism,” the band says. “It’s both a personal exorcism and a collective anthem for anyone who’s ever felt burned out, used up, and still told to be grateful for the privilege. It’s a reminder that there’s power in stepping back, speaking out, and saying no to a system that was never built to care about us in the first place.”
Feel that.
“Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out)” will be featured, along with their March cover of “Torn”, on Weakened Friends’ forthcoming album Feels Like Hell, out October 10 on Don Giovanni. Catch the band in their native New England, first at Back Cove Festival in Portland on August 2, and then November 20 as they hold court at The Sinclair in Cambridge.
Maybe we’ll all be feeling better by then, but hey probably not.