My Head Hurts

The NO SIMULATION era introduces a new sound for the band, opening the project to new collaborators and voices. Stabbed By Angels takes center stage on the first single, MY HEAD HURTS.

An anthem for headaches, migraines and backstabbers.

My Head Hurts is the first collaboration between Montreal-based producers Sterling Grove and songwriter/vocalist Emma Cochrane (Stabbed by Angels). The track was their first collaboration attempt going back to 2023 and is subsequently the first being released. 

The track delivers a massive bassline worthy of triggering a migraine. Haunting, melancholic vocals float over dark, relentless production, pulling you toward an unforgettable hook that engraves itself in your mind from the second you hear it. The all-consuming darkness of a lost relationship and the desire to feel every ounce of pain is explored by Cochrane. It’s a pit of despair that is, at times, self-inflicted and worsened through the insistence of embracing the dejection. Synths cut and stab their way through the atmosphere like intrusive thoughts.

“My Head Hurts is about losing a relationship so central to my life that its collapse affected every part of it. The pain became all-consuming, and for a while, I genuinely felt like I was losing my mind. I could barely make music and almost gave up on this career altogether. Channeling that descent into madness into this track ultimately felt incredibly liberating.”

“It was also our first collaboration all together, and it will forever feel special, like the beginning of a long-term creative partnership.”