The Beat Generation's latest single from the eternally genuine project, "I'm Doing Fine," is a mood, a moment, perhaps a mantra. Written and produced by Lawrence and sung by her, along with the fluid guitars and bass of Miklos Frirsz, it feels like a smooth quaff of something substantial and familiar.
"I'm Doing Fine" is reaching for your hand, asking you to sit, breathe, and ride the groove. There's a quiet confidence here, a kind of emotional honesty draped in velvet. The groove is undeniably groovy in that old-fashioned way that every note seems to know exactly where it needs to go. Miklos's strings strike the ideal balance between loose and precise, lending the song an unforced way that has you bobbing along without even noticing.
Lawrence's vocal work is the heart of everything warm, intimate, and human. He's not attempting to belt his pain across mountaintops. Instead, he leans in and tells you, quietly but with certainty, that he's doing fine. In that delivery, you can hear all the complexity of that phrase, including when "I'm Doing Fine" is a triumph and when it's a survival mechanism.
"I'm Doing Fine" is that real talk you have with yourself once the dust settles where you're analyzing everything you've been, where you've been, what you've been through, and, somehow, you find yourself standing. Whether you're coming to terms with someone or a situation or just trying to make sense of your head, "I'm Doing Fine" is a soundtrack for the time. Its subtle, cool, raw emotional honesty, all buttressed by groove, reminds you that music is still the best therapy.
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