Traumatized

Album: Big Mess (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • In 2015 Grouplove's Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi became mother and father to Willa Zucconi. This song finds the pair reflecting on both becoming a parent, and their own moms and dads. Hooper explained to Radio.com: "I love this song lyrically because it's us coming to terms with us becoming parents and reflecting on our parents' sacrifice so we could become artists, and just starting to realize all these people that have been part of your life and made it so that you could do what you do."
  • The punk-flavored song was produced by Seattle native Phil Ek, who has also worked with such rock bands as Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Modest Mouse and The Shins. Hopper commented: "It's got this ripping Nirvana grunge thing… it feels like it's really speaking my language."
  • Grouplove's manager Nicky Berger does some guitar feedback on this song. Hooper said: "We got him to go up and press the guitar against the amp which was awesome."

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