Folly Tree - Mad Is The Beast by Raw Tapes

With “Mad is the Beast,” Moshe tackles trauma more directly than she ever has in song, singing about the hard boundaries necessary to keep herself safe and healthy. “Releasing this as a single… it takes a lot of guts for me. I’m shaking a bit,” she says. “It’s precise; it says exactly what I needed to say.” Musically, it’s a meditation — slow-pulsing percussion, echoing piano and a beautifully cascading melody. But lyrically it’s sharper-edge, with Moshe singing, “You can’t touch me anytime you want; I am not a toy. You can’t suck the air out of my lungs, or drink up my joy.” It’s a song for survivors, but a stirring listen for anyone.