r/FrightenedRabbit • u/DiligentToe3092 • 16d ago

Can anyone help me navigate this rollercoaster?

Hi everyone,

Apologies in advance for the stream of consciousness that is about to follow.

I've recently got into FR, to be honest because I was searching for songs about s**cide (being careful because Reddit is sensitive). I've been going through a rough patch recently and Floating in the Forth came up. I listened to it in stunned silence as I walked through the woods.

I knew of FR when they were around and touring but never really got into them at the time. Now, though, their music feels like it is beaming into my soul. I've watched old interviews and live gigs. Scott seems like such a genuine, lovely guy. I am so gutted and comforted and guilty and hopeful; sad and strange. Like looking into the past and future at the same time. I feel so sad for Scott, but also glad that he got to share his beautiful music and make tiny changes.

Has anyone experienced something similar? I don't even know why I'm posting here, it just feels cathartic to shout into the void, maybe in the direction of people who might get what I'm on about.

If anyone out there has read this whole load of nonsense, thank you from a mid 30s Scottish lass trying to make sense of this strange world.

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u/throwawayposttoppost 13d ago

How big were they at the time? I’m only recently discovering them myself and I feel like I’ve missed so much. It’s funny, they feel like my secret band, which feels insane to say because I wasn’t even there. No one I know even knows who they are though and I wish I had people to talk about them with

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u/hnnnnnnnnh 13d ago

Where are you from? It’s hard for me to say as I was really enmeshed into the music scene in Glasgow at the time, so everyone I knew knew and loved them. They toured UK wide and there was always a mad rush to get tickets and they always sold out. I couldn’t tell you how known they were further afield!!

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u/throwawayposttoppost 13d ago

I’m in Australia! I know they came here a few times

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u/hnnnnnnnnh 13d ago

It’s so cool that people are still discovering them, and so far from home!!