But while the grunge musicians of the past famously liked their street drugs, especially heroin and weed, Ugli’s tracks are fueled by another substance: spiro, short for spironolactone, a prescription pharmaceutical whose uses include blocking testosterone receptors. Singer Dylyn Durante explores varying contours of melancholy and alienation from a transfemme perspective.
On the track “Spiro.,” she centers that drug. Of all the hormone blockers that can be prescribed to support feminine medical transition, spironolactone is the most common—andwhen taken at dosages large enough for that therapeutic purpose. Durante bemoans spiro’s pronounced side effects—for starters, intense dizzy spells as well as significant loss of muscle and sex drive. “Do I look dainty yet?” she screams at the song’s breakdown.
As grueling as transition can be, though, that pursuit of selfhood comes with wisdom and freedom. On “Flatsoda.” Durante talks about knowing when it’s time to let go, while “Crybabi.” pairs defiant pop-punk flourishes with descriptions of a lonely wistfulness that guides her to a Garden of Eden where she can be gay and do crimes. Against an anthemic push-pull of gritty guitar, she exalts, “Yeah / Yeah / I don’t want to go home.
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