{"id":13214,"date":"2026-06-23T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=13214"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:02:31","slug":"how-strength-creates-tolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2026\/06\/23\/how-strength-creates-tolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"How Strength Creates Tolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>How Strength Creates Tolerance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifte<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Ritchot \u2014 who has been recording under the moniker Lifte over the past number of years \u2014 released his ostensibly \u201cfinal solo album\u201d in mid-August. Catalyzed by the harrowing trek through end-of-life caregiving, <em>How Strength Creates Tolerance<\/em> is a visceral and honest record of what it feels like to hope when the world is despairingly on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight songs on <em>HSCT<\/em> could best be described as lo-fi alternative and, apart from the drum loops, all instruments were recorded by Ritchot (with only a few additional guitar parts contributed by some folks appearing on previous Lifte releases). Opening with the multi-textured, quick-hitting song \u201cAl-ien-a-tion\u201d \u2014 where lyrics are barely perceptible \u2014 even the title expresses the disintegration experienced by the artist, which sets the scene for what comes after. This includes the unhurried, synthy electro-rock \u201cA Box on a Shelf\u201d (featuring pitch-shifted vocals and more themes of breakdown); the expeditious, forceful and bleak \u201cNothing Worse Than Good;\u201d the introspective \u201cThe Farthest Far\u201d (which is somewhat reminiscent to me of Billy Corgan\u2019s solo projects but with lower vocals); and the driving and figurative \u201cTen and Two\u201d (featuring an even balance of spoken-word and sung lyrics).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the closing of the album, \u201cHospital Hallways\u201d evocatively captures the fuzziness and confusion of sleep deprivation, \u201cSleeping Through Astrology\u201d is a heartbreaking love song of repeated encouragements to a loved one, and the title track \u201cHow Strength Creates Tolerance\u201d strikingly encapsulates the project with its deeply resonant heaviness coupled with competing ideas of struggle, perseverance, and futility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the cover art, Lifte\u2019s <em>How Strength Creates Tolerance<\/em> is beautiful but it burns. It\u2019s a true testament to the joy and agony of existence, the latter being the result of the loss of the former. My condolences, AR, and thank you for sharing this profoundly personal collection of songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mykhailo Vil\u2019yamson<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Strength Creates Tolerance Lifte Andrew Ritchot \u2014 who has been recording under the moniker Lifte over the past number of years \u2014 released his ostensibly \u201cfinal solo album\u201d in mid-August. Catalyzed by the harrowing trek through end-of-life caregiving, How Strength Creates Tolerance is a visceral and honest record of what it feels like to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13216,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13214\/revisions\/13216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}