Out of My Head is probably the 'poppiest' song we've done, which is funny because at the time, I was feeling anything but poppy.

When we started writing this song, I was in the grips of a very on again/off again relationship with someone that was making me a little crazy� well, more than a little crazy. I was also still dealing with the aftermath of a long-term relationship that had ended months prior to that, so let's just say that at that time, I wasn't exactly the poster girl for mental sanity.

In fact, I was so wrapped up in sulking, obsessing, and feeling sorry for myself that I wasn't prepared to do anything productive.

Luckily Digital Daggers is a duo, and my partner in crime is a bit of a driving force. He insisted we get together and work on something. So I (begrudgingly) met up with him at our studio, and took the opportunity to exorcise some demons.

I sat down, grabbed an acoustic guitar and played him the first verse, something I'd kind of had milling around my head for a little bit. When I was done, I looked up and saw this look in his eyes, which after having worked together for so long, I know well and hope for. It's almost like something sparks inside his brain and he thinks 'I can do something with this!'�

So we started writing. We threw some ideas and lyrics around, Space started building a track full of cool, almost 90s sounding guitars (a la Elastica), lush yet driving synths, and a really steady beat� the energy in the room was so light that I actually found myself getting up and dancing. It felt like a truly cathartic moment, purging the negativity that had cropped up in my life� just getting it all out of my head- hence the lyrics in the chorus and title of the song.

It took us a few days to fine tune it and get it all recorded, making sure each lyric and sound was right, and in the end we had a song and recording that we were both really happy with. And that's the thing, by the end of that process, I was HAPPY.

Which is a strange and wonderful thing.