G.L.O.S.S.’s “We Live” Is Crucial Right Now

For a certain contingent of us—queers, minorities, trans and non-binary humans, basically anyone who has been pushed out of the cis white male world—for us, basements were our first sanctuaries. “We Live” is a tribute to these sacred spaces by Olympia’s G.L.O.S.S., the most important hardcore band currently working. Trans Day of Revenge, a five-song hardcore blast in under 10 minutes, was released yesterday, on a day of continued mourning. Even the timing was important.

So when Sadie Switchblade impassionately yells, “We live/For nights like this/Basements packed with burning kids/We scream/Just to make sense of things/Studs and leather/Survivors’ wings,” it doesn’t just resonate with us. It reverberates within us. It echoes and reminds of why we must choose to live. To just exist is both the easiest and hardest way to bash back for the ignored, marginalized, and targeted among us.

“We Live” is loud, angry, and necessary in a world where we’re expected to be quiet, sad, and erased. It is not a summer jam, but a call to arms for survival. We will keep ourselves alive if no one else will. We will scream until we feel better.

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