Tired Lion Raise A Middle Finger To Agoraphobia With New Single

If you didn't know, agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder brought on by being severely anxious about situations where the individual perceives the environment to be unsafe and that has no easy way to escape from. Whether it's at family gatherings, on public transit, in shopping malls, or simply being out and about in dystopian hellscape that is real life, one can usually result in one having a panic attack. This is where the new Tired Lion song takes its inspiration from, but thankfully, it won't give you a panic attack.

According to the Perth-based indie rock band, the songwriting process for ‘Agoraphobia’ was a collective cathartic experience for all four of its members – Sophie Hopes, Matt Tanner, Ethan Darnell and Nick Vasey – each of whom has had their own, unique experiences with mental illness.

“It’s something that people do experience and whether they talk about it or not is actually quite normal,” says frontwoman Sophie Hopes. “I remember when I was going through it I really thought there was something wrong with me and you really try and be something that you’re not at the time and the only way to fix the problem is to go, “Okay cool, so that’s a thing that I’ve got and I just need to work with it in my own way” and realise how to tackle it rather than just giving up on yourself.”

To coincide with this new single, the quartet has also released a music video for the track, which somewhat represents the pressures of mental illness. How? Well, by having with out of control fans invading their lil' “house party” shindig, echoing the pressures of the outside world flooding into the confines of one's safest place; home.

So yes, I think it really goes without saying that this is a really important song to the band. But even if you remove the band's personal context of the song, you still have a great indie rock track. So go check out 'Agoraphobia' below, as well as the band's prior single, 'Not My Friends' here. You can pick up their new 7" on vinyl here.