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From the Metermaids new album "WE BROUGHT KNIVES", out NOW on Strange Famous Records. All Metermaids merch: https://store.strangefamousrecords.com/collections/metermaids

Directed and Edited by Tim Young

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SWELL of Metermaids shares the story behind "Advice I Know You Won't Follow":

Having kids is a surefire way to bring your own mortality riiiiiiiight to the front of your mind. I used to be absolutely terrified of death. I had my first ever full-shut-down-panic-attack the summer before September 11th. My friend John had died of an overdose the week before, and I returned home from a party and all of a sudden physically couldn't walk. It was like someone had hit me in the head with a shovel. I stumbled up the walkway into my house and somehow made it into my bed, convinced that I wasn't going to wake up in the morning.

I arrived in London for a semester abroad on September 9th, 2001. On the morning of September 11th I went with some new friends and bought tickets to Amsterdam, because at the time I was reaaaaaaaaaaally enjoying drugs. Two hours later my life was very different. The anxiety that I had dabbled in before just never left my body, ever. I don't think I slept for three months. I went to the hospital a lot. And I smoked a lot of cigarettes. I was so scared that I was going to die - in my sleep, of a heart attack, of an anneurysm, whatever. IT WAS A GREAT SEMESTER ABROAD. TOTALLY RECOMMENDED.

It took me most of my 20's to get this crippling anxiety under control. Eventually you just think, fuck it - if I die, at least I won't have to deal with this shit anymore. As macabre as that sounds, it is how I mentally was able to get back to the table to be a functioning human being. Then my first son was born.

Suddenly my own death was the last thing I would ever worry about. I had this realization on a plane. See, I am also terrified of flying. En route to a friend's wedding our plane hit some heavy turbulence. Rather than curl up into a sweaty ball like I usually would, I got angry. Angry that I wasn't going to spend more time with my kid. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone else. But I realized in that moment that again, my life was very different. I don't care about myself as much anymore. It's a good thing, because obviously I'm a bit of a narcissist.

This song (and the album, if I'm being honest) is an effort to get everything important down on record in case I get hit by a bus, or whatever. When we finished the album I felt a peace that I hadn't felt before. We finally went for our defining statement as a group. I think we did it. So really that's all that matters (I REALLY, REALLY HOPE EVERYONE LIKES IT TOO). And if I drop dead tomorrow, at least my kids will know the somewhat less important shit that they should be paying attention to. Being a kind, caring person is all stuff their mother can cover with them. Sentence and I are picking up the slack with the rest.

We have a lovely video shot for this that we will be releasing soon. I also want to add that Sentence took extra time to write his verse because he wanted it to be really good, and that means so much to me you have no idea. Lastly, the "Na Na Na Na" in the hook stems from a singing game that I played with my son to kill time on our way back from daycare. Just a little inside joke for me and the kid.

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