AFTER catching our attention with the beautifully rendered ‘Ready, Set’, Finn Brodie has shared his enchanting debut EP ‘Home Run’.
Featuring five emotive and heartfelt tracks, the collection was recorded and produced with long-time collaborator Andy Monaghan of Frightened Rabbit.
It’s an enchanting listen – seizing the heart with its soft, layered vocal harmonies, incredibly candid lyricism and guitar-led indie-folk instrumentation. Layered with vulnerability, his intimate musings touch on deeply personal experiences – from growing up and coming out on ‘Birthright’, to intricacies of navigating relationships for queer and trans people who haven’t come out on ‘Thief’ to reflecting on old loves, memories and new beginnings on ‘Ready, Set’.
Speaking about the release of ‘Home Run’, Brodie said: “Since I came out as trans at the start of the pandemic, my songwriting has become a lot more honest and literal. Because the EP was written during that time, mostly alone, in my bedroom, I used these songs to help me make sense of the things I was feeling.
“For me, being trans and spending a long time not being able to come out has inevitably shaped every part of my life. During lockdown, I was suddenly given all this time to go back through my memories and experiences, and write about them with this new context. I found doing this really interesting and cathartic.
“The title track from ‘Home Run’ is a song about going easy on yourself and knowing that at some point you’ll be where you want to be, so it’s okay to take a breath and enjoy the journey. I hope that’s the lasting feeling people get from the EP.”
Tune in below.