Sophia Mengrosso comes with another captivating single, “Medicate Me,” proving once again why rock and roll will never die. Taken from her new album Unforgiven, this track is visceral, sharp, haunting, and unapologetically raw. From the first guitar riff, “Medicate Me” shakes you by the collar and never lets go.

Sophia’s voice slices through the heavy layers of instrumentation with a sharpness that carries vulnerability and defiance. Every note has a raw ache, and it seems like she’s lived every lyric she sings. It’s the performance that insists on it. From top to bottom, the song teeters above a tightrope groovier than your average modern alternative track, following the grind of classic rock.

Enormous drums and distorted guitars drive the song, and the overall vibe is very dark, which provides the perfect base for Sophia’s intense vocal delivery. It’s both cathartic and chaotic, and the ideal soundscape for anyone who has ever sought the means to numb the chaos inside their head. The single, “Medicate Me,” is about the urge and desire for an escape, for anything, to cut through the constant white noise of existence. Sophia accomplishes flinching from the human heart’s dark places. She plunges headlong into them, providing no easy answers, only the harshness of truth. It’s fresh air to hear an artist strip everything bare like this, without polish or pretense.

The single, “Medicate Me,” cuts through like the heart of the record, raw, relentless, and rhythmic. For die-hard rock fans in a universe of overproduced anthems, Sophia Mengrosso is the real deal. If you’re prepared to feel something, “Medicate Me” is the track to press play on. Sophia Mengrosso is writing anthems for the bruised, the broken, and the beautifully defiant.