Rising singer-songwriter Emily Hines offers a complative and captivating preview of her upcoming debut album with her latest single, “My Own Way.” In the hauntingly beautiful track, the Ohio native and current Nashville resident longs to break free from an all-too-familiar cycle.
“I felt stuck in place and needed to sing myself out of it,” Hines shares in a statement. “This recording ended up playingan important role in shaping the sound of the album. At first, we weren’t planning to track any live drums on the record. We enjoyed playing with drum machines, and the cassette presented some challenges to recording live drums. But we got in an experimental mood one day and asked our friend John-Ruben Medina to play on it for us. We were so happy with how it sounded that it inspired us to record live drums on some of the other songs as well.”
Penned while sitting on her porch in Nashville, the opening track “My Own Way” was the last song Hines wrote for her upcoming debut album, These Days, due out on August 1 via Keeled Scales.
Produced by Henry Park, the 8-track LP is a carefully crafted collection of songs born as DIY recordings on Hines’ cassette recorder. The tracks’ final forms were recorded on 4-track tape, capturing the full magic of These Days‘ organic, enchanting soundscape built around Hines’ gentle, yet piercing vocals.
With her latest album cut, along with the equally hypnotizing previous single “Cowgirl Suit,” Emily Hines has positioned herself as one of the most intriguing new voices we’ve heard so far in 2025.
Listen to “My Own Way” below:
Emily Hines, These Days Track List:
- “My Own Way”
- “Cold Case”
- “All of Our Friends”
- “Cowgirl Suit”
- “Callin Ya”
- “UFO”
- “Cedar on the River”
- “I’ll Never Know” (vinyl/CD bonus track)
