“I only feel half right around healthier folk,” Palehound — aka 21-year-old Ellen Kempner — complains in her new single, a trudging, mid-tempo attempt at figuring out what it takes to be Like Everybody Else. But Everybody Else can’t write like the poetically articulate Boston indie-pop singer, whose open-heart-surgery phrases speak to her emotional vulnerability (“Oh why do they tease me? / They just dangle me over promised piles”), which, when funneled through “Healthier Folk,” is outlined via physical detriments. Somebody get this girl to a doctor, stat.
Listen to “Healthier Folk” here, find her upcoming tour dates below, and look out for Palehound’s full-length debut, Dry Food, when it drops on August 14 via Exploding in Sound.
Palehound tour dates:
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July 24 – Brooklyn NY @ The Wick, Gigawatts Festival
July 25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Aye Nako, In School & Vagabond
August 1 – Boston, MA @ Grandma’s House w/ Arm Candy, Ursula, Laika’s Orbit & Bad Boys
August 2 – Easthampton, MA @ The Flywheel w/ Arm Candy & Laika’s Orbit
August 9 – Atlanta, GA @ Parts Unknown w/Femignome, and Pretty Boy
August 10 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 11 – Jacksonville, FL @ 1904 Music Hall w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 12 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 13 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 16 – Boston, MA @ Royale w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
August 17 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza w/ Basement, LVL UP & Adventures
