The very best music makes you feel something. As the artist shares their stories and bears their soul, it triggers your memories and brings your emotions to the surface. Mine are sitting raw now as I spend time with Kate Gill’s EP from my bedroom floor.
The five songs on this EP feel like diary pages sharing secrets with the listener. They’re confessional, vulnerable, powerful. The title track opens the EP, drawing us in with its simple melody and Kate’s incredible lyrics about figuring her life out as she transitions to adulthood. It’s bittersweet, beautiful, and so relatable. From this introspective number, Kate takes us on a journey through key relationships. They’re messy, as relationships can often be in our early years. “toothbrush” introduces us to the one she can’t get over, “september” tells us about the one marred by infidelity. “friends” reminds us that platonic relationships can be every bit as complicated. The final song, fittingly called “the end,” actually gives us hope of a new beginning. A relationship that might be good, if only Kate can get out of her own head and stop comparing herself to the new partner’s ex. Full of self-doubt and self-loathing, it draws this EP to a powerful close.
With her debut EP from my bedroom floor, Kate Gill shows she’s more than ready to make the leap from TikTok phenom to mainstream success. These songs are some of the best I’ve heard. They encourage you to sit on that bedroom floor with Kate, empathise with her stories, and recognise parts of yourself in them. It’s only March, but I expect this will be one of my favourite releases of the year.
Main photo credit: Gabi Rankine