We caught up with El Kempner of Palehound to talk 'Eye on the Bat,' learning from Mitski, forced reflection during COVID and archiving queerness across a catalog.
It’s been four years since Palehound last put out a record. That’s all about to change this week, as the New York project—the brainchild of singer/songwriter El Kempner—is releasing. The work, a 10-track, shape-shifting collection of angst, reflection and humility, is Kempner at their very best. From lead singleto album cut “U Want It U Got It,” the album takes varied avenues towards one destination of catharsis.
EK: A little more crystallized, but it is funny that you bring up that interview, because I remember feeling confidently, at the time, like, “This is who I am, I finally found it! I finally figured it out.” But that was so naive of me, because, yes, finding yourself is a thing, but, also, evolution is a thing, too.
PM: I’ve always used poetry as a way of reflecting and reckoning with what’s going on in my brain and how I think of myself and present it to others. I even look back on my first book I wrote and I did not want to admit that I was into men, you know? I didn’t want to go all the way there. And then, my second book came out and I was way more interested in just being hornets about the truth of what the spectrum of my own brain and identity looks like—which is, I’m into everyone.
EK: She’s a genius, and it’s so cool to watch her grow. Everything she makes just sounds better and better with time. She’s really mastering her craft, and that’s all we can hope to do. It’s sick. EK: It was really different. I think, in the past, I’ve always had confidence that “I am going to make this into a record.” But, with [], there was no confidence in that, because I didn’t even know if the music industry would exist anymore. In that past, I’ve had a routine and timeline, where it’s like, “These are the songs I’m writing, I’m going to go to the studio this month, which means that the record will come out this far away.
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