Palehound is the latest project from Yonkers, NY based singer/songwriter ex… Read Full Bio ↴Palehound is the latest project from Yonkers, NY based singer/songwriter extraordinaire Ellen Kempner (they/them). Writing and performing their own songs since they were 10 years old, Kempner has played in bands (Cheerleader) and solo (Kempa), developing an amazing knack for songwriting in the process. Kempa’s self-recorded Dog on Crutches was released early 2012, a stunning collection of smart lo-fi indie rock that sticks in your head. Late last year during their freshman year of college, Kempner decided to create a revolving band, and Palehound was born. Wasting no time, Kempner began recording Palehound’s debut at Brooklyn’s Gravesend Recordings with Ava Luna’s Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez. The results are simply stunning. Palehound’s Bent Nail EP is due out on October 22nd through Exploding In Sound Records on limited edition cassette and digital. When asked about the record, Kempner shared, “this collection of songs definitely exhibits my uncomfortable shift from teenage-hood to “adulthood” and the fact that regardless of what I felt like I should be as an adult, I still felt the same as I did when I was fifteen.”

Your Boyfriend's Gun
Palehound Lyrics

I feel so young
For crying out for you
A limb with my limbs
Stretched out
When your beauty shattered
I held the pieces up to light
On me they cast ugly shadows

And you think he's playin'
And it's all in fun

As I'm staring down the barrel
Of your boyfriend's gun
And you think he's playin'
And it's all in fun
As I'm staring down the barrel
Of your boyfriend's gun

Your eyes are tired
From looking out for me
Two plums swell until they're shut
When you dropped me at his place
I felt my blood rush to my face
He asked if I'd been wearing your blush

And you think he's playin'
And it's all in fun
As I'm staring down the barrel
Of your boyfriend's gun
And you think he's playin'
And it's all in fun
As I'm staring down the barrel
Of your boyfriend's gun

Mmm, mmm, mmm

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

Written by: Ellen Kempner

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