Los Angeles-based indie rockers LADY SLOTH share their new single, ‘Head Game’ today through Trailing Twelve Records along with the announcement of their forthcoming Forest Behind the Fog EP.

‘Head Game’ is a modern day ballad about the tricks your mind can play and how to trust in the wisdom of your body. The song opens with woozy synths and glistening keys as vocalist, Justina Shandler, sings about getting older and the new anxieties that have come with it, [“The older I get the more I’m in debt/When I have kids, I don’t wanna tell ‘em that”]. When discussing ‘Head Game’ Shandler went into detail about how her mental health affected the songwriting process. “We began writing lyrics and melody for ‘Head Game’ by bluntly calling out our real and recent struggle with anxiety and depression while detailing some coping mechanisms we’ve used to make it through.”

The songwriting of ‘Head Game’ slowly builds in intensity before exploding on the chorus where the band reigns in biting guitars and a blistering drum beat, while Shandler recites a mantra that Lane had used to talk himself down from panic attacks. “When I pass out my body takes over/When I pass out my body takes over/Remember now it’s all just a head game”