
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me I&#8217;m pretty if you&#8217;re not in love with me,&#8221; is a line that has stuck with me in the days following my first listen to &#8220;Puke&#8221; by Cory Liner. The Louisville, Kentucky-based artist has reeled in another sonic expression of feeling with her newest single, a gorgeous expression of ache and the feel-bad hit of the Fall. </p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Liner&#8217;s synthesized voice greets the ear first, synths trailing behind as if carrying the extensive train of her dress. But this is no wedding- rather the song feels more like a eulogy (that is, if a eulogy ended with spitting on the grave). Drums that feel heard from across the room, a screaming guitar line that writhes like an injured snake, a simple one-two bass punch that could have resembled a heartbeat now twitters in rhythmic skips- these are the elements that fill the world of &#8220;Puke&#8221; and so deftly flesh out the shattered portrait of Cory&#8217;s lyricism. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>&#8220;This is a song for people who repeatedly find themselves being gaslit. It is my favorite song I&#8217;ve ever done and also the quickest one I&#8217;ve ever finished. I vomited it out LOL&#8221;</em> &#8211; Cory Liner</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The song plays with the past and present in a ghostly way- sensations of &#8220;the only thing getting me through is seeing you at the end of the week&#8221; and &#8220;Ooh la la la liar, you do it all again / I don&#8217;t got a lot of secrets but I share them all with you / Why won&#8217;t you do the same&#8221; address their audience in present tense while the energy of the performance resembles the anger and crackling intensity of someone walking away from the house burning behind them. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The real star of the song is Cory&#8217;s vocal performance- hushed in replaying the confusion of sharing a bond with a liar, then, on a dime, forcefully taking control of her feelings and holding the one who wronged her accountable. &#8220;Puke&#8221; is a remarkably raw and powerful piece of music and has become my favorite of Liner&#8217;s releases in just the few times I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of listening. It&#8217;s out now- don&#8217;t you dare miss it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4pRaqO8I5PuWNNTtBUkBZ8?si=_meNfkaMTtOAHkGGoorDdQ&;dl_branch=1">https://open.spotify.com/artist/4pRaqO8I5PuWNNTtBUkBZ8?si=_meNfkaMTtOAHkGGoorDdQ&;dl_branch=1</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Soundcloud: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cory-liner">https://soundcloud.com/cory-liner</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/coryliner">https://www.youtube.com/user/coryliner</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/CoryLiner">https://twitter.com/CoryLiner</a></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Review by Bobby Guard</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/realbobbyguard">https://www.instagram.com/realbobbyguard</a></p>