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You Can Stream the Full Album From Bloodwitch, the Fake Band in I Am Not Okay With This

13/03/2020 - 10:20 PM

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS, from left: Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, (Season 1, Episode 102, aired Feb. 26, 2020). photo: Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection

Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This [1] brought us right back to our own high school days – teen angst, afternoons in detention, acne in places we didn't know we could get it, mysterious boys who were into obscure bands, and, spoiler alert, learning how to harness our super powers (OK, that last one may not be true).

In the show's first episode, Stanley uses his favourite band Bloodwitch as a means to invite main character Sydney over to listen to their record (and get high) in his basement. This moment seems to open Sydney's eyes to Stanley's potential as a love interest, but it also left us Googling "Bloodwitch" to find out if they were a real band. Turns out they are — sort of.

Bloodwitch, which has a decidedly more ethereal folk rock feel than the heavy metal name suggests, was created specifically to make music for the show, but they actually put together a full-length album with some fantastic songs that you never even hear in the series. The band's members include 16-year-old musician Tatyana Richaud [2], whose mother also worked as an editor on the show, and Blur guitarist and songwriter Graham Coxon. Coxon, who also composed the music for Netflix's The End of the F***ing World [3], wrote the music and lyrics, with both members tackling vocals. You can get a taste of Bloodwitch on Apple Music, Amazon Music [4], and Spotify [5] if you like what you hear.

A second season [6] of the graphic novel-based series hasn't yet been announced by Netflix, but the cliffhanger ending [7] definitely leads us to believe there's much more story to be told and more music to be made. We can only hope that Bloodwitch will get the band back together for a second album to compliment the next step in Syd's journey!


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