This juxtaposition - the anxiety of loneliness coupled with over stimulation, chaos and the urgency of numerous global crises converging - is present in so much of my writing as I grappled with connection and existence. It was also a personal reckoning with solitude, helping me explore new layers of myself. Sincerely, e was conceived of and recorded in my living room as a way to try and reach beyond the isolated bubble of my home to connect with others. Half of the songs on sincerely, e were recorded in this one weekend. This jolt of inspiration pushed me to start writing, rewriting and recording. This past summer, as New York began to awaken from the longest slumber it has had in my lifetime, I suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
For the first few months of isolation, I couldn’t write or record anything at all I was in a state of shock as I oscillated between intense feelings of freedom and deep, dark loneliness. The collection of songs was born out of a need during this year’s pandemic shut down, an experience felt by so many across the world, to cope with the breakdown of communication. For the first time, it’s primarily just me, at a piano or with a guitar, playing and singing to you. This collection of songs is unlike any other Elizabeth and the Catapult album. I’ve written and produced an album, an expressive letter to music listeners and lovers in a most confusing and emotional year, which I’ve titled sincerely, e. I’m inviting you into my living room to be part of a new project. It's just a really good vibe in the room.īenjamin Cassidy can be reached at at on Twitter and 41.Hi! It’s Elizabeth of Elizabeth and the Catapult and I wanted to invite you into my living room - not for a weekly online concert in what many already know is one of my most sacred and intimate spaces. It's about going through a struggle, so the audience always seems really psyched for that song. I get to belt, which is obviously really fun, and there are really fun harmonies with my band. Lately, it's been this song "Underwater." It's this thing off my last album.
What's your favorite song to perform live?
Probably "Dance Yrself Clean," LCD Soundsystem. I had a big obsession with LCD Soundsystem for a while. Oh, man! You know what I've been belting out lately - I don't why I keep coming back to it - it's Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Mary Jane's Last Dance." I try to cover as much Petty as possible in the car. What's your favorite song to belt out in the car? It's this challenge every time I perform to have it go off without a hitch. I have to get my chops together to play it. I think the most fun song to play off of my last album has been this song "Mea Culpa" because. What's your favorite song to play on the piano ? I like the 'tude in there, a lot of 'tude. The audience was just losing their minds over that song every night. "King of Anything." That song had come out when I was opening up for her on tour, and it was really fun to hear. What's your favorite Sara Bareilles song? I'm going to say Elliott Smith, "Figure 8." It's one of these all-encompassing songs for life: "Both Sides Now." was so young when she wrote it, but she was writing from the voice of a 75-year-old. My mom used to sing this with me when I was a kid, and now I've sung it at weddings and at funerals. Something off of "Court and Spark" or something off of "Blue". I'm not sure if this is cliche, but I think I have to go with something Joni Mitchell because she, like, formed me as a human being. Her responses have been edited for length. Before her Egremont concert, Ziman answered some questions about her favorite songs. The 2015 Independent Music Award-winner has toured with Sara Bareilles and Kishi Bashi and collaborated with Gillian Welch and Ben Folds.
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