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| GORILLA VS. BEAR debuts Maybe Babs’ “Doorstep” |
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| GORILLA VS. BEAR debuts Maybe Babs‘ collection of front stoop shrines, on the self-proclaimed Appalachian emo‘s debut single, “Doorstep.” “Maybe Babs writes songs ‘about never being wanted by anyone’, and this first transmission really drives home all of the yearning and dreamy melancholy that heartbreaking sentiment entails in softly devastating fashion.” – GORILLA VS. BEAR > STREAM: Maybe Babs – “Doorstep” RIYL: Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Soccer Mommy “A few years back, I started to piece together memories of turning up on friends’ doorsteps, confused because what I thought was one thing, was actually another,” said songwriter Babette Hayward (she/her). “The realization was that I’d wasted my time pining after people that never wanted me back.” “My m.o. was to turn up with an elaborate or very specific gift, in order to win the heart of my conquest,” she said. “Some of these items include: a bonsai tree, an air mattress and a very expensive glass teapot. Only after writing the song, did I see the pattern in my attempts.” After moving from Atlantic Canada to the United Kingdom, Hayward had “moved on from then and put an ocean in between.” Still, her inventory of those doorstep moments continuted to gather. “If you’ve spent any time in East London, you may have heard of the lido, perhaps even been there before,” said Hayward. “For me, it was a place of reflection where I could mindlessly swim laps and remember the unwanted objects I’d left on doorsteps.” Now calling Montreal, Canada home, Maybe Babs releases “Doorstep” via Montreal-based singles club, Outside Smoke. |
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| + + + + BIOGRAPHY Taking her name from an old email address, “Appalachian emo” Maybe Babs shares her debut single via Outside Smoke, an independent flexi-disc singles club based in Montréal, Canada. Formerly of Vogue Dots, formerly of Babette Hayward and always of singing Sarah McLachlan covers, Maybe Babs writes songs about never being wanted by anyone. RIYL: Phoebe Bridgers, Big Thief, Soccer Mommy + + + + Learn more about MAYBE BABS: Website I Twitter I Instagram I Facebook Spotify I Bandcamp I Soundcloud |
