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The next instalment in our weekly Spotify Playlist “Song Of The Week” this time we are joined by Seven Blood with their song “House ≠ Home”. You might recognise the band, and thats because we was lucky enough to interview them previously! Seven Blood: Unique Background and Debut Single Story | Exclusive Interview

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Song Explanation

House ≠ Home exhibits Seven Blood’s blend of technicality and heart-bearing emotion in a cathartic and uplifting anthem. The track draws on the band’s shared yet contrasting backgrounds – pulling from guitarist Oli and drummer Anfy’s disillusionment growing up in Suhl, a former German Democratic Republic powerhouse city left facing stark urban decline following Germany’s unification, as well as the isolation felt by vocalist Azaria as a young woman whose multicultural background – born in Berlin to a Moroccan mother and Iranian father – fuelled a crisis of belonging. “I had lots of questions about who I was and the culture of my family. I felt very lost, a person without an
identity.”

“I think we all had similar experiences where we didn’t feel that we had a loving childhood home any more,” the vocalist says of the band’s collective experiences fuelling House ≠ Home. Reliving those memories of fights with family, struggles to connect with step-parents and more, Azaria’s hushed, tender verses reflect the sensitivity and fragility of youth, before exploding into an uplifting chorus that mimics the empowerment felt in adulthood
through an ability to find a place to call your own. “It’s about breaking those chains, and escaping all of those past feelings,” Azaria adds.

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