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I Won't Budge (Big Stir Single No. 118​​​.​​​5)

by Irene Pena

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I Won't Budge 03:24
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Another fight, another cold wind passes through the night With your fist clenched tight, shaking from the anger And now you scream There’s now waking from this frightening dream You begin to leave The door shields another bang But I won’t budge for you You tell me what I have to do I won’t budge and I won’t break And that’s just the start You start to cry There’s no reason why Ask me if I’d lie to stop this nagging Drink down the pain There’s no answer to the loud refrain Try and match my shame the feelings start to drag But I won’t budge for you You tell me what I have to do I won’t budge and I won’t break And that’s just the start The cold makes you shiver now You ask me just what you can do You can ask me but I won’t budge for you No I won’t budge for you You tell me what I have to do I won’t budge and I won’t break And that’s just the start

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“There’s no waking from this frightening dream. You begin to leave. The door shields another bang.”

It’s been ten years since the release of her debut album "Nothing To Do With You", and singer-songwriter Irene Peña remains on the scene, delivering a re-issue of “I Won’t Budge”, a story of sheer stubbornness tied with a neat little bow of jangly pop sensibility. It's not far off from the dedication with which Peña has conducted her career in the decade since. She started as she meant to go on, and now it's time to celebrate: the re-release is out on February 28th replete with new artwork and accompanying storytelling from the artist herself. And it's just the start.

"I Won't Budge" begins the telling of her transformation from holding down power-pop support roles in the Southern California scene to news of her forthcoming second full-length album, with Irene at the helm. She's hardly been idle in the time between – her warmly-received 2017 EP "Trying Not To Smile" is just the highest profile example of a steady string of singles and live performances that have led to Irene being proclaimed “America's Sweetheart” by Carl Cafarelli and Dana Bonn of "This Is Rock 'N' Roll Radio", among other honors. And while it's her singsong voice and gift for storytelling through melody that make her special, that determination cannot be understated.

Plain and simple, Irene Peña won’t budge. She continues to move on, and celebrates ten years of story-sharing. It's fitting that as she embarks on new work that's sure to thrill the audience she's built over the past ten years, we take a look back at where it all began. We can promise that the monthly retrospective reissuing of "Nothing To Do With You" will have everything to do with not only where Irene Peña is coming from, but where she's headed, and why you should be along for the ride.

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released January 1, 2016

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