Reduction in Force – What’s Next? (Official Music Video)

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About Reduction in Force:
Reduction in Force started when the professional life I’d curated for the past 25 years didn’t fit any more. It was a robust life full of ring chasing and trophy raising, but it had come to its natural end.
So, I kicked off a personal project – a guitar, a voice and a need to see if I could write and record something that passed the ‘test’. My test.

Alt Rock For Now, Not Them – synths and guitars, tension and release, anthemic builds and quiet deafening confessions. A musical DNA that traces back to Ian Curtis, The Edge, Michael Hutchence, Oasis, Kurt Cobain, and, of course, Dave, Martin, Andy and Alan. Humans at the center. Music as the vehicle. Backed by a Gen X aversion to bull sh!t. AI . . . a mere tool.

Ours not theirs.

Reduction in Force is appropriate because that’s what it feels like —cutting through noise, stripping down to the studs, pounding meaning back into a world that’s lost the plot.
Mount up – we are the cavalry (no one else is gonna save us)

Production Credits:
Written & Directed by Mike Mills
Starring Norman (the rat) and Mike Mills
Assistant Director: Jordan Dilley
Stop Motion Wrangler: Jordan Dilley
Songwriting and Musical Performances: Mike Mills
Song Production, Mixing & Mastering: Alex Aldi

Lyrics:
(Verse)
A coffee, a run

Now your day, now your day… is done
The coffers are full

The kids don’t need, the kids don’t need you… much

Whatever happened to taking the world?
How about just getting through the day?

Whatever happened to being the king?

Surely work and no play ain’t your thing?

(Pre-Chorus)
What’s Next?
What’s Next?

(Chorus)
What’s Next? (take a breath)… When the bend in the road breaks
What’s Next? (take a breath)… When the walls you build have no escape

(Verse)
Mirrors show lines
All the tears, the battles, and the breaks
Your trophies are in the past
Alternate lives sharing your fate

Is this where—it ends?

Is this the path you’re gonna take?

If it’s so full and rewarding… why do I keep asking?

(Chorus)
What’s Next? (take a breath)… When the bend in the road breaks
What’s Next? (take a breath)… When the walls you build have no escape

(Bridge)
Lives are meant to be rebuilt
Passions grow when you shed guilt

It’s a constant ebb and flow
You’re thinking too hard, boy, what do you need to know?

(Chorus)
What’s Next? (take a breath)…
When the bend in the road is what you make
What’s Next? (take a breath)…
When the walls you build are no mistake

What’s Next? (take a breath)…

(Call & Response: Lives are meant to be rebuilt)
When the bend in the road is yours to take

(Call & Response: Passion grows when you shed guilt)

What’s Next? (take a breath)…

[Spoken: When the walls you build lead to escape]