According to Repartee lead vocalist Meg Warren, the song is about, “being afraid of conflict and shying away from it…and then going, if you feel strongly enough about about the person you’re fighting with, or the cause you’re fighting for, then put up your dukes because it’s worth it. I definitely drew from personal experience in the song. I don’t think it’s an angry song by any means. It’s more like there’s something really great in my life and it’s worth fighting for.”

‘Dukes’ is taken from their debut album All Lit Up, which according to Warren is, “about basically being there for somebody when they’re going through a hard time. There was a specific catalyst. I basically wrote it about my partner. There’s a line in the song, ‘like a beacon I’ll be all lit up, you can follow me out of the dark.’ So there’s definitely a visual connotation of lightness and darkness.”

 

Repartee’s debut album, All Lit Up, is now available through Sleepless Records.
Tracklist:

All Lit Up
Die B4 U
Miracle
Electric Every Day
Nice Girls
Dukes
Carelessly, Carelessly
Fall Apart

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