Setting the tone with industrial, electric guitar, expanding with percussion details and an immersive bassline, The Buddha Pests open the Radio Edit of She Doesn’t Bother with intrigue and atmospheric vocals.
However, the video version of the track opens with a luxurious and ethereal introduction with the introspective lyrics, “She doesn’t bother, I wanna save my lover, but she doesn’t bother…”, as the band from London tease the concept of the track with a live performance style scenario, before the track explodes into the industrial guitar from the main body of the opus.
“We are on our own, when we after the core of our soul, it’s not easy, it’s not easy, our soul is not dead yet…” sings frontman Peter Derzbach, as She Doesn’t Bother touches on existential themes and the human condition.
Speaking on the meaning of She Doesn’t Bother, the band confess, “This is a kind of spiritual song about someone who doesn’t want help and we have to release that we have to accept it…”
We appreciate the cathartic nature of the track, for both listener and artist. Hungarian born Peter is Joined by Italian born, Alessandro (lead guitar) and Nicola (bass) friends, who were both recruited through an online advertisement and Spanish born Johnathan on drums, whose fate was drawn to the band in a chance meeting on the high-street with Alessandro where he happened to ask if he knows of any bands looking for a drummer.
The spiritual nature of the song is echoed in the cosmic nature of the creation of the band and the meeting of Johnathan and Alessandro, and the fact that Alessandro is a vegan chef demonstrates that alignment with oneness and love energy does indeed bring about a higher frequency of synchronicities.
After a minute of the main track, we experience a breakdown and bass guitar solo which builds back into the opus with electric guitar and a fierce vibrancy, as Peter sings, “It’s not easy It’s not easy our soul is not dead yet..”
The expansive composition is full of dynamic instrument performances which keep us hypnotized throughout, and we love the poetic nuance of the lyricism, which features the thought-provoking hook, “Sometimes you realize there’s no solution…”
Fans of Nick Cave, The Velvet Underground and The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster will be able to connect with She Doesn’t Bother, although it is clear that The Buddha Pests are creating a universe of their own.
We have added She Doesn’t Bother to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of the The Buddha Pests, including Temporal Abyss.