A true talent and exceptional musician, Jacob Alon arrived on the scene with their stunning debut single ‘Fairies in a Bottle’ not too long ago – pairing angelic vocals with intricate acoustic guitar work to leave us utterly transfixed.
Now they’re back with ‘Confession’ – a stunning track about shedding shame. It’s delivered with beauty, grace and effortless musicianship – exploring a time when they were really struggling with their sexuality.
Speaking of Confession, Jacob explains: “This song, for me, is a shedding of shame. It’s a soft hand tracing the stretch marks left behind by a once messy, awkward, painful, and frightening realisation of my queerness. It’s a memory of the unspoken ways in which my heart and body knew how to move; knew how to draw in close under a cloak of darkness to bridge canyons of hatred and fear with acts of love.
“Love to me then was silent. It grew from the shadows. Voiceless in a vacuum of denial and shame. But even without air, it moved on its own. Squeezing up through the smallest cracks. Chipping little stones at my window. Showing me how fast my heart could really go.
And still somehow I couldn’t heed its call… because as queer people, we are taught to hate and fear the beautiful boundless colourful love that is in us. And it’s a tragic, paradoxical illness – to fear love.
“As queer people, we are always coming out – every single day. We have to continually justify our existence against the painful grain of the heteropatriarchy.
“I wrote this song the night after a party where my self-esteem had shattered into a million pieces. When, out of my face, I’d confessed to someone with my words, my precious words, how I had loved them all those years ago. I was half-expecting some big revelation or closure or acknowledgement, but it didn’t come. I would always be something they’d rather pretend didn’t happen.
“I wish I could tell little Cob how much joy and beauty was waiting for them on the other side of all that pain. I hope I can give the same love to anyone out there who’s still figuring things out.”
The song has now been paired with striking visuals, which you can watch below.
