Left Behind
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ABOUT LEFT BEHIND
TW: suicide
Left Behind is the first single from pecq’s third EP ‘Amnesia’s Ritual’ - their most personal and powerful record yet, emerging from the experience of losing several friends before their time. Lovingly crafted but emotionally raw, the songs pay tribute to those missed and look unflinchingly at the conflict and chaos of grieving and the vastness of loss.
Left Behind was written in the aftermath of a close friend’s suicide. It explores the multiple detached realities of grief, the way time perception becomes jumbled and non-linear, and the inability to process life moving forward with someone missing.
‘I wrote my first ever songs just after the suicide of one of my closest friends and former bandmate. I think everything I’ve written since then has been about that in some way. Music has been a way to stay connected to them and process the intensity of the things I saw and experienced. This song is the first time I’ve felt able to deal with a lot of stuff I was too scared to revisit before. A big part of that was writing the lyrics with Jakes which helped to distill and accept things that felt too big for my own words. Being able to share these intense feelings has been the best way for me to deal with them. I wouldn’t be where I’m at today if I hadn’t been able to talk to friends and make music’. Nikò
TW: suicide
Left Behind is the first single from pecq’s third EP ‘Amnesia’s Ritual’ - their most personal and powerful record yet, emerging from the experience of losing several friends before their time. Lovingly crafted but emotionally raw, the songs pay tribute to those missed and look unflinchingly at the conflict and chaos of grieving and the vastness of loss.
Left Behind was written in the aftermath of a close friend’s suicide. It explores the multiple detached realities of grief, the way time perception becomes jumbled and non-linear, and the inability to process life moving forward with someone missing.
‘I wrote my first ever songs just after the suicide of one of my closest friends and former bandmate. I think everything I’ve written since then has been about that in some way. Music has been a way to stay connected to them and process the intensity of the things I saw and experienced. This song is the first time I’ve felt able to deal with a lot of stuff I was too scared to revisit before. A big part of that was writing the lyrics with Jakes which helped to distill and accept things that felt too big for my own words. Being able to share these intense feelings has been the best way for me to deal with them. I wouldn’t be where I’m at today if I hadn’t been able to talk to friends and make music’. Nikò
lyrics
LYRICS
Wouldn’t have had to find you
Drive through the night to tell you
But who I am to tell you
How to get your respite, respite?
Give me your hands and your shoes
Forgetting the face in the news
Let me take the stairway with you
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
Holding my breath on the tube
But we get to your stop and it’s all new
Don’t they know it’s too soon
To paint over the one place where I can still picture you
I don’t wanna be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I guess you’d change
If I undo it all
I’m sick of turning it round
Would I even know you all?
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone)
I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone)
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
Wouldn’t have had to find you
Drive through the night to tell you
But who I am to tell you
How to get your respite, respite?
Give me your hands and your shoes
Forgetting the face in the news
Let me take the stairway with you
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
Holding my breath on the tube
But we get to your stop and it’s all new
Don’t they know it’s too soon
To paint over the one place where I can still picture you
I don’t wanna be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
I guess you’d change
If I undo it all
I’m sick of turning it round
Would I even know you all?
I don’t wanna be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone)
I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
And I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone)
And I don’t wanna be left behind now
(Don’t wanna be alone again)
I don’t wanna be left, be left behind now
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released March 21, 2023
CREDITS
Produced by pecq and Upcycled Sounds: upcycledsounds.co.uk
Mixed by Upcycled Sounds.
Artwork and video by Zak Watson. zakwatsonfilm.com
CREDITS
Produced by pecq and Upcycled Sounds: upcycledsounds.co.uk
Mixed by Upcycled Sounds.
Artwork and video by Zak Watson. zakwatsonfilm.com
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pecq England, UK
Kaleidoscopic alt pop from pecq - multi-instrumentalist and producer duo Nikò O’Brien (FR/IT) and Hannah (Jakes) Jacobs (UK). pecq have been releasing their signature blend of analog synth scapes, crunchy drums, found sounds and arresting vocals since 2021 and been featured by the likes of BBC Radio 1, 2, 6, Bandcamp, Spotify and NOTION. ... more
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