Hear the second single from the forthcoming Daddy Issues album, Deep Dream, over on NPR Music. The backstory of the jangly rock track adds some additional appreciation to the listening experience. Here’s a snippet from the NPR piece:
In an email to NPR Music, the band explains the song was written from a very personal place. “As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I spent a long time going through every reason why it had to have been my fault, until I finally started to come to grips with the fact that it wasn’t, which wasn’t until very recently,” Maxwell says. “I’m Not,” she says, is about the unique pain of feeling like your trauma is ignored, and of watching people treat an abuser as “a good and kind person [who] should be allowed to continue on with their pleasant and perfect world.” The band hopes “I’m Not” can signal solidarity to women who have had similar experiences, and ease the feelings of isolation those experiences can bring.