My Own Addiction won’t let anything stop them from finding their way Back To You in their new single and video — showcasing today on Tinnitist.
When the world is chaotic and your personal life is in shambles too, it can be hard to find the strength to move forward. Yet no matter how difficult life can get, there is always something worth holding on for — and these Oshawa rockers embody this resolve in the first single from their self-titled debut album.
Steady drums from Todd Burrows and bass from Tim Reesor open the song, punctuated by guitarist Andrew Losier. By the time the husky vocals of singer Alexandra Augustine come in, the song has properly kicked off with lyrics about military propaganda that are cleverly linked to a personal wound in the heart:
“The propaganda brought us out here to win
And the lies are absurd and the chances they look slim,
The armies fought until they no longer could
And the end was approaching, death was understood,
There’s a bullet now wedged in my heart
And I won’t let this wound keep us apart.”
On the surface, it appears to be about finding your way back to a lover despite “dying” of a bullet wound to the heart. When considered alongside the other verses discussing military propaganda and school shootings, the chorus has a deeper meaning of learning to live on for those you love despite all the violence and strife in the world.
“One thing that wounds me deeply is the loss of innocence,” Augustine says. “Around the time that I was working on this song, there was a school shooting that happened. I had to get it out on paper, and the story that unfolded was that of someone desperately wanting to get back to those they love and writing a letter to tell them.”
My Own Addiction gradually came together in 2021, after Losier and Burrows met and started to write music. By the time Reesor and Augustine came on, the guitar and drums were musically arranged, and the group were able to go into the studio in December 2022. Back To You displays just one facet of the band’s upcoming self-titled debut album, which features themes of personal vices and addictions that are reflective of someone trying to live life to the fullest.
Watch the video for Back To You above, check out My Own Addiction’s self-titled LP below, and follow them on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
