Music is, arguably, the ultimate form of expression, especially when it comes to overcoming life trauma, problematic upbringings, or anything for that matter. Some use it as an expressive portal to project their anger, frustration, or misery outwards and create something equally jarring and abrasive (audibly, these are positive qualities); others use it to paint a picture none could create with a brush. On the former, Margaret Chardiet of Pharmakon fame is a prime example and through her discography, somewhat of an expert. Her 2014 record, Bestial Burden, explored the terror and dissociative period which accompanied emergency surgery, powerfully projected in its popular track “Body Betrays Itself.” This mode of expression has witnessed an uprising from creative, powerful women in recent y...
