New York primarily based singer/songwriter Anna Shoemaker‘s debut EP East Side drops Friday (Sept. 14) and Billboard is premiering the lead single “Too High” forward of the discharge. Recorded with Grammy-nominated producer JT Daly, Shoemaker’s enjoyable indie-pop sound attracts inspiration from R&B vocal tones and hip-hop beats, seamlessly fusing into one blissful hybrid.
“For me there’s no level in dwelling a impartial life,” Shoemaker tells Billboard about her new single. “I believe there’s magnificence and pleasure to be present in each highs and lows.” She channeled the sensation of experiencing the whole lot to the very best diploma within the new tune, which she wrote whereas falling in love. “I used to be terrified as a result of all I wished to know was that this individual felt the identical about me and that we might be collectively and make it work — all of the bullshit that comes with courting.”
In the tip, Shoemaker determined to let go and really feel the feelings, which move freely and actually in “Too High.”
“I simply had this second the place I used to be like, ‘Fuck it, there isn’t a use worrying about these things. My life has already been filled with highs and lows and I’ve survived this far, so I believe I can deal with no matter occurs,'” she recollects. “I gave myself permission to get ‘too excessive.’ I let myself fall and I’m nonetheless falling.”
Amid falling in love, the 23-year-old Philadelphia native caught the eye of real-life shoe maker Steve Madden and his enterprise associate Steve Feinberg, who signed her to their fashion-forward label 5Towns Records late final yr. With her style-focused label behind her, Shoemaker has labored with many noteworthy photographers within the trade like Elaine Constantine and Max Papendieck. Along with releasing East Side this fall, she additionally stars in Madden’s #GenSteve ad campaign. Now primarily based in New York, Shoemaker can be acting at Manhattan’s Pianos bar on Sept. 21 and Brooklyn’s Pete’s Candy Store on Oct. 11.
Get an unique first pay attention of “Too High” beneath.
