Hello friends. I hope life is treating you gently despite the vast unknown that it seems to be these days. My last few months have been an unsettled journey of worrying, writing, reflecting, questioning, digging deep, learning, accepting, hurting and slowing down. But I wouldn’t change a thing. Music has been made and recorded. Small things have been created and I’ll be sharing them with you very soon. I hope your summers have had some goodness and small growths mixed in with the pains and challenges that these months have thrown at all of us. Sending all my love to you indomitable souls out there. Sx

back at it

Thanks to @londoninstereo for the kind words and having me rant about 5 tracks that have influenced me

Here she is! 'Our Heaviness' is yours today. 2 years ago I wrote the opening track (and then decided to call it 'opening' lol) toying with ideas about myself and my beliefs that then became the defining journey of the past 2 years of my life. These tunes were my outlet and then became my life raft through an insane time. They are yours now ❤ The EP and merch are available through bandcamp and 15% of each sale goes to the NAACP legal defense fund today, so if you're going to buy it, do it today! Endless thanks go to @p_op_e for production and mixing and friendship and tacos. To @tommymillerino and Fern Ford for playing sweet music. To @p.j.kinsella for PR and endlessly appreciated support. And especially to @kris_bartos for beautiful beautiful artwork!

Anywhere Else is out today. It's a song that I feel deeply connected to, and that I've felt very nervous about sharing. I wasn't really planning on sharing what the song is about, but with the current situation in the world I think so many of us are feeling extra anxious and afraid - and I hope this song can serve as a small comfort. Anywhere Else is a song about anxiety. Not the panicky, all-consuming kind that often results in a severe physical reaction, but a smouldering and quiet kind, a sort of uncomfortable, constant buzzing in the body. This has had me in a soft grip for a long while, and I wrote Anywhere Else before I understood what it really was that I was experiencing. I thought it was normal to feel a bubbling sense of fear almost all the time. It can make me have a hard time deciding seemingly small things like what I'm going to eat, where I'm going to go on a walk, what coffee shop I'm going to go to, what I should wear, what I should do with my day, etc. It's a constant that I've felt for most of my life, without really understanding it or believing it to be anything but ordinary. Writing Anywhere Else was a big part of the process of understanding this for me. ps - The video for Anywhere Else is premiering on youtube today at 2pm Norwegian time (1pm UK time, 8am EDT.) I'll be hanging out in the forum there watching it with you and answering your questions, so be sure to tune in. The link in my stories will take you there. xx Photo by @jorgenbare, of course. Produced by @chrisbondmusic, assisted by @bearvibes. Mixed by @hansonzj. Performed by Chris, Bear, @sofiolina_ and me. x

The Rest EP is out today. My manager heard these songs and suggested now might be a good time to let them out into the world. I thought she might be right. Intro was meant to be the first track for Twin Solitude. But it seemed to live in some other world and it just didn't fit. It's a strangely comforting feeling listening to it four years later. I hope it resonates for you too. The second song is Rest, also from Twin Solitude. While we were on tour, @Gregoryaisakov suggested I start playing it live. This acoustic version is the result. I finally got around to recording it a few months ago while I was in Castlemaine, Australia. That was before our countries all became quieter. In a way, this song also lives in another world. May you be in good spirits and good health. I hope you enjoy the music. Tonight I’ll be making some music right here around 7pm EST for those of you so inclined. X (Link in bio)