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"Lipstick On My Restraints" by Clare Easdown: A Brazen Hymn to Survival and Defiance

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With "Lipstick On My Restraints", Australian Clare Easdown constructs a heart-pounding autobiographical single that slices through the silence that surrounds the overwhelming mental health crisis and broken systems disguised as care for mental health. Clare hales from Menai and draws from her encounters, vulnerability, and art to create an unfiltered experience around institutionalisation, being misdiagnosed, and advocating to survive.

The track is sonically haunting and beautifully constructed, and builds unsettlingly as we are drawn into a world of emotional disarray. Clare's voice is filled with urgency and ache; it holds the tension of the disempowered and unfelt beyond her troubles. The production stakes a claim and boldly draws from low-fi dark-pop and grunge influences to complement Clare's reflection of brutal honesty.

The essence of "Lipstick On My Restraints" carries a difficult tone that does not call for sympathy, but is a war cry to reclaim stigmatized identities to turn pain into power. Clare does not simply sing about mental health; she speaks on behalf of those who have felt powerless due to overmedication, mislabelling, and an ever-distant systematic neglect.

Tunefully recorded from her lounge room in Sydney, the song is political and intimate. Clare Easdown shows us that true creativity is radical truth-telling, and this song is nothing less than required listening in today’s conversation about mental health.

Get In Touch With Clare Easdown:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clareeasdownmusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clare.easdown/

Bandcamp: https://clareeasdown.bandcamp.com/releases

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