A touching tribute to her mom, ‘Don’t Neglect Me’ sees Méa of Me And My Nightmare weave sunny reminiscences with the turmoil of caring for a beloved one with a heartbreaking sickness.
Again in 2017 Méa dropped every thing instantly after her tour with Lords of Acid to care full-time for her mom, Patricia, who was battling Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Méa poignantly tackles the gut-wrenching misery and wrestle she skilled caring for somebody she beloved with all of her coronary heart, the particular person she described as her finest buddy. Méa’s life has she knew it got here to a shuddering halt as her mom’s well being regularly deteriorated.
Developed alongside Méa’s collaborator, En Esch, ‘Don’t Neglect Me’ is haunting and poignant, whereas infused with heartfelt sentiment. Ethereal guitar riffs mix with brooding, atmospheric synths, making a melancholic sonicscape with the rhythms offering a gentle, hypnotic beat. Méa’s vocals, are wealthy but weak, with a pleading tone as if she had been reaching out to her mom at that very second. Highly effective and private, Mea extends a hand to listeners, reminding them they don’t seem to be alone of their grief.
Within the music video for ‘Don’t Neglect Me’, the uncooked magnificence and heartbreak of caregiving is totally captured, with its nostalgic, hazy, flashback scenes that mirror the real-life loving relationship and reminiscences Méa had together with her mom. They’re intertwined with the irritating, panic-inducing imagery of life solely devoted to caring for somebody declining in well being.
With all of the chaos of lengthy nights out and in of hospitals, countless cellphone calls and paperwork to kind out, having to take every day because it got here, and feeling desperately alone, Méa wished for only one factor; that her mom not overlook her. Fortunately, her want got here true. Our heartstrings are pulled as she honours the legacy of a beautiful mom who promised to not overlook her “candy child woman”, and, even in her final moments, fulfilled that promise.
Watch the transferring music video for ‘Don’t Neglect Me’ beneath, and comply with Me And My Nightmare on-line on their official web site, Instagram, Fb, and YouTube.
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