BRONTË FALL ANNOUNCES WINTER EP, DUE OUT ON MARCH 4TH
WMOT Roots Radio and DittyTV’s “The Curve” Reveal New “Outsmart Love” Music Video Ahead Of EP Announcement, View HERE
Winter Explores a Deeply Vulnerable and Dark Season for the Artist, Making Way for A Brighter Season Ahead
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 11th, 2022) - Nashville-based indie pop artist Brontë Fall, announces new EP Winter, due out on March 4th. Led by singer/songwriter and classically trained multi-instrumentalist Teri Bracken, Winter presents Brontë Fall’s most personal six-song collection to date and was inspired by “Fall, Leaves, Fall” a literary poem by Emily Brontë, from which the artist takes her name. The reflective EP is about finding beauty in life’s cold spells, and explores a deeply vulnerable, dark season for Bracken, making way for a brighter season ahead.
WMOT Roots Radio and DittyTV’s ‘The Curve’ recently revealed the music video for Brontë Fall’s song “Outsmart Love,” here: https://youtu.be/tmuC8ooa12Y. “Outsmart Love” is the follow up to previously released song “Indiana.” Both songs will be included on the forthcoming, independently-released EP Winter, view the full track listing below.*
“Winter is about finding the beauty in the wreckage and surviving some very difficult times. Writing this music allowed me to heal from everything that I was going through - a messy breakup, the tornado that ripped through my East Nashville neighborhood, the rollercoaster that is still this pandemic and the ups and downs of my father’s ongoing battle with cancer. I reached for any signs of silver linings and never stopped creating,” said Bracken.
Winter is Brontë Fall’s third studio release and includes six-songs, all written or co-written by Bracken. Unveiling a deep and vulnerable perspective, Bracken's experiences are felt in “Beyond The Rain,” a song about waking up in a world so changed that it might never be reversed. In “Burning Out,” she compares a fading relationship to the fall of a shooting star and “To Be The One,” recalls real-life moments in her relationship when she knew the end was inevitable. She captures an empowering sense of self-redemption in “Every (Damn) Time,” and “Indiana” is a nostalgic retreat to the innocence of childhood.
In an effort to leave a dreary Winter behind, Bracken’s observations on this dark chapter in life ultimately opened the door for a personal reboot, and the optimism is well played out in the EP’s impressive musicality. As a multi-instrumentalist shaped by years of experience studying orchestral music, playing stringed instruments and countless classical sonatas and concertos on the violin, Bracken co-arranged the six tracks on the EP. As a result, Winter offers a wealth of musical atmosphere with bright pop electronica sounds, punchy percussion, synth soundscapes, and intelligent and shortened pop vocal phrasing. It’s a familiar sound - Brontë Fall’s sonic hybrid of pop roots and folk-music influences known from previous works, but with a heightened sense of awareness. Winter was recorded in Nashville and was produced by Jake Finch and includes instrumentalists; Lars Thorson (Electric Guitar), Dylan Jones (Keyboard), Hadley Kennary (Harmony Vocalist).
Winter Tracklisting*
1. “Every (Damn) Time” (Teri Bracken)
2. “Indiana” (Teri Bracken)
3. “Beyond The Rain” (Teri Bracken)
4. “Burning Out” (Teri Bracken, Stacy Antonel)
5. “Outsmart Love” (Teri Bracken, Isaac Slutsky)
6. “To Be The One” (Teri Bracken)
About Brontë Fall
Named as an artist that is “free enough to speak her mind” (PopMatters), and one that “has found a way to express feelings that suggest we don’t need to be tied to outside expectations'' (Folk Radio), Brontë Fall’s independent spirit and storytelling has continued to captivate audiences with the recent release of the clever “Outsmart Love” and nostalgic “Indiana.” The previously released Finishing School was lauded as a collection of bold songs and topics that addressed societal norms and expectations on women with American Songwriter praising the “non-traditional approach” and Pop Matters highlighting the catalog of songs that “refer to the ‘good life’ of the American housewife.”
Brontë Fall is led by songwriter and classically-trained, multi-instrumentalist Teri Bracken, and was named after Bracken’s love for English literature and the legacy of the English sisters of literature - the Brontë sisters who fought the ever-evolving societal restraints on women in the 19th century and published works under male pseudonyms. Bracken made the move to Nashville four years ago, after spending time in Boston, New York and Chicago. Drawn to Nashville’s diverse and evolving music scene, Bracken quickly found like-minded collaborators and began introducing her own blend of indie-pop and rootsy Americana. For more information, visit https://www.brontefall.com/.
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