Released alongside the announcement of the EP it takes its title from, Sophie Meiers’ You And Me Again is an aural assault. With production work from Danny Harle, the sound here is distinctively intense - one-part sugar-coated, one-part tortured, Meiers’ heartbroken sounding vocals brittle and delicate, surrounded by sharp objects.
The song evokes an “us vs the world” mentality, drawing on feelings of vulnerability and helplessness as it depicts the sense of isolation from everyone and everything except the one person who understands what you are feeling.
With a visual identity that draws on dark gothic imagery combined with a childlike innocence, Meiers challenges the norms and expectations associated with traditional gender roles and sexuality in music. Having grown up in Durango, Colorado, Meiers quickly gravitated to music growing up, escaping a toxic home environment at the age of 14. With support from a community cultivated online, they couch-surfed around the country, writing and producing music before ultimately gaining traction on SoundCloud with a style that recalls “90s Gwen Stefan produced by Trent Reznor”.
Check out Meiers’ You And Me Again below.