Some songs fight. Some songs grieve. Some songs laugh at the absurdity of it all. Waiting for the Drugs to Kick In somehow does all three at once.

Stephen Jaymes doesn’t sugarcoat reality, but he also refuses to drown in it. His latest single is a meditation on exhaustion. The kind of exhaustion that settles in after too many pointless arguments, too many battles that end in stalemates, too many cycles of outrage that leave everyone exactly where they started. The title is tongue-in-cheek, but the sentiment is real. How do you keep going when everything feels like it’s stuck on repeat? Continue reading →