“Here It Comes Again”: The Lethargics Peel Back the Layers of Depression in New Release

The Lethargics are not interested in comfort. Or trends. Or genre, for that matter. This Knoxville-based collective has long prided itself on dodging labels, and with their latest release, 'Here It Comes Again," they offer something even more radical: honesty. Brutal, brave, and beautifully bleak, this track is a raw conversation with clinical depression, a lifelong companion that refuses to be ignored. “If you got it, you get it. If you don’t, let me explain.” That’s not just a lyric. It’s a mission statement.

This is not your typical sad song. It’s not a breakup ballad or a gloomy aesthetic. It is a visceral, lived-in depiction of what it feels like to be haunted by something you can’t see but always feel. Depression here isn’t just an emotion. It is a character. A stalker. A shadow that never leaves. The track captures this with slow-burning intensity: sparse instrumentation, jagged textures, and a vocal delivery that sounds like it is pulling itself out of the dirt.

There is no flashy production. No studio gloss. It's just stark, sincere storytelling. And that makes it hit even harder.

What the Lethargics do so well is take the unspeakable and give it shape. The song doesn’t romanticize mental illness. It doesn’t hide it in metaphors or wrap it up with a hopeful chorus. Instead, it lingers in the fog, inviting listeners to sit with the discomfort, the confusion, and the quiet terror that it all evokes.

For those who live with clinical depression, this track will feel painfully familiar. For those who don’t, it’s a rare and much-needed dose of perspective. It asks listeners to pay attention, to listen more closely, and to acknowledge a type of pain that doesn’t always appear obvious from the outside.

The Lethargics remain a fiercely independent, shoestring-budget operation. But what they lack in polish, they more than makeup for in purpose.