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“Paper Angel is about the fear of failure and looking after your inner-child,” Kemplay explains.
Bonnie Kemplay has announced her new EP ‘Someone, somewhere’, due for release on 31st July via Dirty Hit.
Alongside the announcement, the Scottish songwriter has shared new single ‘Paper Angel’, a fingerpicked, introspective track exploring self-doubt, memory and resilience.
“Paper Angel is about the fear of failure and looking after your inner-child,” Kemplay explains. “I wrote it around the memory of my first musical performance in a nativity in which I didn't sing a word, and the feeling of hesitation and self-doubt that stays with me as an adult.”
The new EP follows recent singles ‘Big Machine’ and ‘Dandelions’, continuing a run of more personal, reflective songwriting from the 24-year-old artist.
Speaking about the wider themes behind ‘Someone, somewhere’, Kemplay says: “This EP lives somewhere between transition and memory. A few of the songs were written in times of change and uncertainty like moving cities and dealing with a long-term injury.”
She continues: “Many of the songs explore childhood memories and navigating evolving relationships with myself and other people.”
She’ll head out on a run of UK dates next month supporting Katie Gregson-MacLeod, before a Glasgow show with Curiosity Shop later in June.
JUNE
2 Electric Bar at Komedia, Bath
3 Canopi, Cardiff
4 The Folklore Rooms, Brighton
5 Ark, Margate
6 Green Noise (Matinee Show), London
8 Little Bully, Oxford
9 Rough Trade, Nottingham
10 The Crescent, York
17 King Tut’s, Glasgow ^
* supporting Katie Gregson-MacLeod
^ supporting Curiosity Shop
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