"I'm Not Okay"
"It's a really personal song for me... I just kinda hope this song gets out there and helps anyone who is going through similar struggles. It's embarrassing admitting that you're suicidal, and this song touches on that." That's Finding Feebas lead singer, Brittney Dixon, on the band's latest single, "I'm Not Okay."
Guitarist Nikki Karwacki adds, "We wrote 'I'm Not Okay' last fall, while Brittney was living in North Carolina for a little bit. It was a rough time for her, and she was already planning on coming back to New Jersey, so she hit me up and said, 'send me some ideas;' and we basically wrote this whole thing via email."
It was during her time in North Carolina when, as Dixon puts it, "I'd lost everything stable in my life." At her lowest point, she found the nerve to reach out to friends and ask, "Please call me or text me every day to check in on me. I need help." That support allowed Dixon to hang on and eventually make it back home to New Jersey, where she found the additional support and help she needed. It was overcoming that fear of admitting "I'm not okay" that allowed her to work her way back.
The realization that the simple act of asking for help can be lifesaving led to the bouncing, pop punk of "I'm Not Okay." On the song, Dixon's delivery is steady, conversational, confessional as the rest of the band -- Karwacki, Alejandro Atacusi (lead guitar), RJ Noebels (drums), and newest member, Tim Hickson (bass) -- wail away through the song's musical twists and turns. "I'm not okay, and honestly that's okay. It's okay to not be okay when everything falls apart."
Finding Feebas celebrate the release of "I'm Not Okay" on Friday, 12/14, at New Brunswick's Surreal Creamery with help from Longlife. Surreal Creamery is an actual ice cream shop, not the name of a New Brunswick basement; so the show will be extra family friendly.
If you ever feel like you have nowhere to turn, someone is always at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK.
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