WEIGHTLESS - JOURNAL ENTRY

I get so weighed down sometimes. This album feels incredibly vulnerable to release because it’s very self-reflective and kind of puts that inner turmoil on public display. I just keep reminding myself that:

A. No one’s going to listen and really take in the lyrics unless they actually care and
B. My favourite songs to listen to and that impact me the most, are always the most vulnerable ones.

Songs that remind you ‘oh yeah! this is such a human feeling and it’s okay to not be okay’ are so soothing to the soul. (Listen to Angie McMahon’s ‘Letting Go’ for the perfect cathartic life is messy song) It’s easy to forget that no one else actually has things figured out either, especially in this day and age with everyone’s life highlights perfectly filtered and displayed to you on little screens all day.

This song is about acknowledging that sad days happen, and remembering that things will get lighter. That really the best thing to do is to not push down these emotions but to notice them, let them exist, but also to make an effort to change your mindset and remember all the things you have to be grateful for. And the hardest one that I’m definitely still working on - don’t be afraid to let the cracks show and have someone tell you that everything’s gonna be okay. It always helps way more than you think it might to just cry a little and say whatever heavy thought you’re thinking out loud. (or write them into a song!)

Writing wise, this is another one I wrote all the way back around 2017. It started off actually as a slower song…it was a whole minute more! I have this cute little original demo I made (I did not send this to my producer lol) what is this accent? My voice was so different then! When I eventually started singing it around at a few gigs it just naturally sped itself up a bit and turned into the more upbeat vibe it has today!










When it came to recording it for real many years later - tracking the backing vocals on this song gave it some new life for me, adding some fun little parts to hum along to and opening up the little breakdown/bridge part with extra layers and ahhhhs really made it sound full and fun and I love that this song is on the album to break up the slower, heavier songs and represent that shift in mindset I was talking about on the last journal.

We recorded the backing vocals/ final vocal tracks at my producer Josh’ studio in Mollonghip VIC, he has this amazing and cosy converted church house studio. (pictured below)

All right, that’s all for today. Can you believe we’re on to the final track tomorrow! x