Nashville-based alt-pop singer-songwriter is back with her highly anticipated new EP, How The Good Girls Die. The EP has a six-song tracklist which includes her singles “Body Bag,” and “Born To Want More.” As well as her recently released single, “IDK These Days.” Ahead of the EP release, I got to ask Caroline a couple of questions, one of the questions I had asked was how she would describe the EP. She said, “I’d describe this EP as both messy yet intentional. To me it’s like a shattered disco ball, lovely yet disastrous, all at the same time. It’s six songs of opposing emotions and contradicting feelings. I think it’s all of the emotions I’ve had as a twenty-something girl walking home after a night out. It’s a little heartbroken and a little ready to take on the world.”
I then asked Caroline what the perfect environment was to listen to the EP in and she said, “The perfect listening experience for How The Good Girls Die is on a walk or a drive through your favorite part of town as the sun is starting to set. Or really anywhere you feel the most like yourself. I always like moving and seeing lights and people around me when I’m listening to new music, and I think this project feels like that in many ways. It’s busy and shiny, yet reflective and dark all at the same time.”
Starting off the EP strong is “Body Bag” and “Pretty Boyz” the two upbeat songs on the record. The vocals, beat,s and lyrics in both songs make them such great anthems.
Slowing it down is “Born To Want More” which begins with guitar chords before her vocals come in. Halfway through the song, the tempo picks up and in the last thirty seconds of the song, it strips down to just vocals and a few strums of the guitar.
Caroline describes “IDK These Days” as “Introspective, direct, truthful.” You can really feel all those emotions coming through as the song goes on. Matched perfectly with the strums of a guitar, this song is easily one of my favorites from the EP.
“They Say” is a song that Caroline was most excited for fans to hear, “It’s very different, both sonically and lyrically than any song I’ve released before. I think it’s the most surprising one on the project, so I’m really eager to see how listeners react to it,” she shares. The song has a certain ease about it. You can’t help but sit back and enjoy the melodies. The song ends with a voicemail from her grandma wishing her a happy birthday.
Last but not least is “How The Good Girl Dies,” it’s the perfect song to end the EP on. One thing I love about this song is how soft Caroline makes her voice along with the piano and subtle guitar strums. There are moments of stillness leading up to each time she sings the words “how the good girl dies” and as she sings those words there’s a moment of intensity, which then fades back into the softness.
How The Good Girls Die is definitely an EP you need to listen to. Head to the place you love to listen to new music in, turn up the volume, and let Caroline take you on an emotional journey with her heartfelt lyrics and incredible voice.
Check out more of my recent interview with Caroline HERE.
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