Singer-songwriter Ryan Martin’s Wandercease arrives on 23 October via High Moon Records in digital and CD formats with a vinyl issue to follow early in 2021. “I Just Wanna Die” is the latest single, and it draws on classic country-rock vibes, with soaring vocals, a memorable chorus, and an outlaw attitude lurking in the verses, choruses, and chord changes. The pace’s immediacy enhances the lyrics’ importance, which examines life’s transient nature.
Martin says the song arrived after a particularly good lovemaking session with his girlfriend. “Why would this be the first thing to come out my mouth?” he recalls. “Songwriting is mysterious and strange. The truth is it was probably stored up from the previous months or years of pain and confusion and misdirection. The fact that we were a relatively new couple and hadn’t had sex in almost a year is a pretty good indication that something was wrong. Something was coming up to the surface from down in the well where the secrets brew with the lies. When the channel opened, the song just jumped out and stained the page with self-reflection, imagery, and enough tongue-in-cheek to allow those who don’t care for a truly morbid sentiment a sigh of relief that it isn’t really as serious as it sounds.”