*MIGHTY

I’m So Proud of You exists almost by accident. The five years between this record and MIGHTY’s self-titled debut have seen one scrapped LP, numerous members’ departures, a relocation from Atlanta to Pittsburgh, and three EP releases–one of demos, one of B-sides, and one of the few finished tracks from their planned sophomore record. Frontman Angelo Fiaretti nearly gave up the whole thing after the previous recording sessions. “It was so traumatic, and it became an abusive environment,” he says, and writing music didn’t bring him the joy it did as a teenager anymore.
Lyrically, Fiaretti explains that a lot of the record deals with trying to tap into that childlike love of playing music again, and that youthful energy comes to life all throughout. “You’re not an artist, you are the problem,” Fiaretti shrieks out on the explosive “2 Many Boys” in the voice of the people who put him through the wringer. It’s him casting off their fears, their doubts, their ideas of what MIGHTY should be. Funny enough, it’s that carefree energy that makes I’m So Proud of You such a success. Sometimes things just come together perfectly–and when they don’t, you deal with the trash and make something work.