Premiere: Sick Day Share New Single “Overexposure”
Announces new EP Over exposure Out March 14th via Substitute Scene Records
February 05, 2024
Photo by Tracey Conoboy
Sick Day is an indie rock outfit based in Chicago, fronted by singer/songwriter Olivia Wallace. Wallace debuted a pair of EPs in 2020 and 2021, followed by the 2022 album, Love is a state of mind. The band has grown to include guitarist Ryan Donlin, bassist Kaity Szymborski and cellist Chaepter, rounding out their sound with infectious indie hooks to match Wallace's plaintive songwriting.
Today, they return with news of another EP, Over exposure, out March 14 via Substitute Scene Records. Accompanying the news, they also share the record's title track, premiering early with Under the Radar.
“Overexposure” evokes the band's knack for grunge aesthetics and funky melodies, shading Wallace's vocals in layers of hidden guitars and percussion. The band creates a swirling maelstrom of distortion that gets steadily more chaotic as the song progresses. However, they also weave an impressively catchy undercurrent with a sticky chorus and sweet pop harmonies, letting the jagged guitars swirl as the tunes burrow into your head.
Kaity Szymborski says of the track, “'Overexposure' is my favorite song from the EP. It evokes audible feelings of anxiety, turmoil, self-doubt. An isolated state where everything seems bigger than usual and you begin to doubt your perception of the world around you. Is it all out to get me? Probably not. But in a death by a thousand cuts, you begin to imprint yourself as the common denominator—and therefore amorphously the cause—of your daily struggles.
“Don't make me laugh because I feel like a joke will turn me on my head.” There is nothing lyrically to indicate a malicious or bad joke. It makes me think of the state of mind when ordinary everyday phenomena and small inconveniences can turn you upside down because of your own inner turmoil. A kind of tipping point that makes you move inward, doubting yourself and your perception of reality.”
He continues, saying of the video, “It's all about tomatoes, yes, but it's also not about tomatoes. When Olivia (Sick Day Leader, songwriter, vocals, guitar) and I sat down to talk about the video, we kept coming back to the idea of an internal struggle. The protagonist is plagued by some external affliction every time. However, her real albatross is her inability to send the food back and ask for it to be remade.
The video follows our protagonist as she orders a sandwich without tomatoes. It comes with tomatoes, and he considers sending it back to have it remade, but settles for peeling them and eating the sandwich as is. Mistakes happen, and it's not that big of a deal anyway.
The second time we watch her reach a breaking point – mistakes happen, yes, but does that mean she shouldn't send it back and ask for it to be done the way she likes it? He wonders why he can't find the courage to send it back. What should be a simple question becomes embedded in a mountain of internal struggle. How often do we tell our friends they deserve better, but then get stuck when it comes to standing up for ourselves?
She finds a solution after mustering up the courage to write a script for herself for the next time it happens. We watch as the request is happily accepted and the sandwich is rebuilt without conflict. Our protagonist was finally able to stand up and overcome her inner misgivings about sending an order back.”
Check out the song and video below. The Overexposure The EP is out March 14 via Substitute Scene Records.
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