A Heavy Handed and Honest Release From Sabina Beyli
A brand new single from Sabina Beyli comes through with a heavily impactful soundscape along with brooding honesty that gives the song a lot of character, which is one of the main things you end up hanging on to throughout its course.
This is a track that showcases a piece of the artist yourself, and although it is vulnerable, it's also very heavy-handed. This is an alternative rock track, but it has a massive, vastness in its underbelly, and this gives it a little bit of a cinematic backbone as well.
"Bad Habits" is about not being able to control certain aspects of your life. It's about obsession, addiction, and just having these elements about you that won't let go.
You find yourself going around and around in circles and landing in the place you started once again. This is a sentiment I think a lot of us can relate to, and this is part of what makes the track so realistic.
It's very connective in terms of the way she puts everything lyrically. She lays it all out on the table, again, as I said, it is a bit vulnerable, but it also feels like it was cathartic for her to write my lease because she needed to get this off of her chest.
There's no way this did not come from some real place. You can tell that she has this sort of inner struggle, and this is her inner voice coming out.
Songs like this are a little bit brave to me, no matter what the genre. This is mainly because it takes guts to put yourself out there and let all that inner thought out.
The brilliance of it is that a lot of us can relate to it and understand it on many levels, so when we do hear someone like this, sometimes we feel like we're not so alone when we are going through the same thing.
It takes a lot to realize this aspect about yourself. This is a song that humanizes all of us, not just her.
It starts a little subtly, a lot of that spacious atmosphere is breeding and building so that you get pulled in or swallowed up by the cinematic soundscape of everything, and then it explodes into a heavy alternative rock chorus, which is very driving but very powerful.
Her vocals are so genuine. She's got a robust and impactful voice, but there's a lot of character coming through. She's got an incredible artist presence, and it's something that lets the song hit harder.
It's a combination of being stuck in a little bit of sadness, but it's also a little aggressive as well. You can hear the frustration in her performance, and this is also why I know it's authentic.
That chorus is almost anthemic, boisterous, and the whole thing has a certain kind of vibrancy along with the realness.
She is stuck in a loop, and she's ready to get out of it.
This track brings that combination of classical alternative rock, loads of edginess and power, along with a little bit of a grungy tonality. The guitar tones are absolutely massive, and the entire song has this sonic presence that is gigantic and crushing.
She comes up with some outstanding melodies throughout this track. They are a little unexpected, and she puts them in there with such a tasteful approach.
I love the sound of a song that is heavy like this one, but the vocals are almost elegant.
It becomes a song that hits hard but is also graceful at the same time.
For me, the track stands pretty tall amongst a lot of alternative rock, simply because of how that combination of heaviness and elegance comes together so naturally. The whole thing boasts that undeniable edginess and alternative backbone, but there's also a beauty to it.
This comes from both the way she sings and the lyrics that she is singing.
The honesty gives it character, and the character drives the song.
That's what lets you connect.
The instrumentation of it gives you the feeling of frustration. She is frustrated about being stuck in that loop and ending up back in square one.
So the whole thing is really portrayed perfectly, and this was a total banger from start to finish.
She really draws you in with the opening part of the song and then keeps you there with the rest of it.
Absolutely dive into this one when you can, so you can see exactly what I'm talking about.
