PREMIERE | Get Lost Cassidy Frost, "C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon"
Personal resets and assessments are crucial to our lives. Those moments where we do a check-in to see where we are, the self-analysis where we play the role of our own therapist in determining the whose, the hows, the wheres and whys of everything that we are in that instance. Reflective pauses allow us to do diagnostics like an office tech running the system bios to troubleshoot and see what is truly going on in a fundamental way. It is where we witness how the micro connects to the macro, what things have shifted deep within that our general consciousness has yet to fully take into consideration, how we change, what remains the same and how we discover what it all really means.
Presenting the debut of the new Get Lost Cassidy Frost single “C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon” — the San Francisco artist shares an intimate anecdotal about a birthday evening spent alone on the floor whilst doing some enlightening soul searching. Following up the recent track "(Till the Flood of my Blood Makes a Moat for your Boat to) Float On", Cassidy Frost continues their own journey of embracing inherent identity, queerness, questioning the health of so-called social norms and finding that grounded center from within. Even while utilizing a catchy economy of minimalist bedroom pop production, Cassidy is able to convey concepts that are very real, serious, sentimental and ultimately life affirming in an opulent timbre and tones that will live rent free in the audience’s heads and spirits.
“C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon” in many ways shines bright like a DIY pop playbook diamond. Cassidy reflects on the solitude of a solitary 33rd birthday spent in the security and sanctuary of home. Eschewing the stereotypical antics of excessive indulges, bar crawls, ballyhoos and the like; Frost instead reflects on spending some much needed time in deep personal meditation on their living room floor. Through lo-fi vocals, a drum machine, a Casio, and that sweet squelching electric guitar skronk — “C’mon” illustrates boundaries, needs, desires and more in a succinct hymn of health. Get Lost Cassidy Frost delivers the message that is okay to close the front door to the chaos of noise that feels obligatory with special occasions, choosing a greater commitment to the self and seeking a greater tier of happiness beyond the otherwise turbulence of societal toxicities. “C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon” is about releasing yourself from the Pavlovian pressures of the world and finding your own path and place in the crowded scenes of life.
Cassidy Frost shared some candid reflections on the inspirations behind “C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon”:
I wrote this song during the days leading up to my 33rd birthday. It’s a true story. I really did spend the night of my birthday alone on my living room floor feeling very isolated and alive. I was feeling grossed out by so many things that seemed default settings to social life.
I actually stopped drinking alcohol around the time I wrote this song. It’s about getting older and deciding to choose myself over norms around celebration and pleasure and being brave enough to sit in the scary silence before I found things to replace them.
Get Lost Cassidy Frost’s new single “C’mon C’mon C’mon C’mon” is available now, also making their live debut at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill with The Ian Fays and High Horse this Thursday, February 15.