Kevin Bronson on November 8th, 2023

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“Unending Bliss” is the latest flex from singer-songwriter Rosie Tucker, the self-described “funny gender-queer art weirdo” whose penchant for meat-and-potatoes guitars and word salad has satisfied indie-rock appetites over three albums.

Those power chords add heft to Tucker’s lyrical acrobatics, and on “Unending Bliss” — a song that embraces forgiveness not as benevolent martyrdom but as necessary to survive — the songwriter really puts the meta in metaphors.

“‘Unending Bliss’ is about petty personal beef and, simultaneously, about my fury at the material conditions that encourage us to treat each other like crap in order to survive,” Tucker explains. “The lyrics are important: the skipping stone lays out the precarious momentum of rage alongside an underhanded warning to those of us living in glass houses.”

The single follows the September release of “Tiny Songs Volume 1,” kind of a miracle in miniature: an album comprised of 14 songs in 10 1/2 minutes, accompanied by visuals by eight artists. One of them, Vanesa De La Mora, is responsible for the stop-motion video for “Unending Bliss” as well.

||| Watch: The video for “Unending Bliss”

||| Also: Watch “Tiny Songs Volume 1” in its entirety

||| Previously: Live at the Echo, “Sucker Supreme,” “Barbara Ann,” “Habanero,” Quarantunes, “Never Not Never Not Never Not,” “Ambrosia,” “Gay Bar,” “Fault Lines”