DEBUT EP RELEASE – Bekah Bossard ‘Alone With My Own Thoughts’
14 November 2023
Despite having nearly 60,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, Tunnel Vision marks one of only four official single releases. An impressive amount for a small discography! What makes her listeners come back for a second listen, then?
Kilkenny’s lyricism is special. Her previous singles – Look Mom I Made It, Taken Out By The Wind, and The Middle – tell tales of self-acceptance and personal growth, and Tunnel Vision is no exception to this kind of writing. With lyrics such as ‘’I built a bridge just to look at it’’, ‘‘I’m a fighter, but I’m sure as hell not a good one’’, and ‘’now I’m just a stack of bones, with an elemental enemy to fight’’, ‘‘I’m not me when I’m nervous, God damn I rehearsed this’’, and ‘’I barely feel like a person, or always falling short of one’’, Kilkenny recounts the kind of anxious spiral we can (often) find ourselves in when we’re in the dreaded tunnel-vision-frame-of-mind. The song, sort of being used as a diary, feels like a confessional preface to Look Mom I Made It: the latter being a kind of antidote to the former.
Musically, Tunnel Vision is a soft blend of indie-folk with a hint of classical influences too. Kilkenny’s gentle vocals are accompanied by mellow chords on the piano and the occasional violin or two adds to the overall cosy feeling. Her music is reminiscent of Lizzy McAlpine, Laufey, and Emily Bear, all artists which Kilkenny has stated inspire her creatively.
If four singles aren’t enough (which I don’t think it is!) Kilkenny can be found on social media posting snippets of new songs and compositions – to tide us over while we wait for a debut EP or album.
