Bonnie Kemplay Announces New EP ‘Someone, somewhere’

Bonnie Kemplay confirmed her new EP, “Someone, somewhere,” will be out July 31 on Dirty Hit. The project pulls from a period of instability: a city move and a long-term injury forced a kind of listening inward. She put the songs somewhere between transition and memory, a sketch of evolving relationships with herself and the people around her.

Recent singles “Big Machine” and “Dandelions” introduced the shift, quieter and more deliberate than anything she’d released before. The new single, “Paper Angel,” softens the edges further. It’s melodically direct, oddly endearing, and built around a childhood memory that never fully dissolved.

Kemplay wrote it thinking about a nativity play where she froze. Everyone else sang; she stayed silent. “I didn’t sing a word,” she said. The song borrows from that hesitation, the self-doubt that trails you into adulthood. It’s about fear of failure and the effort it takes to look after your inner child.

The seven-track EP lands at the tail end of July, documenting what it costs to leave a version of yourself behind. Kemplay isn’t dressing it up. The songs speak plainly, which is where they feel most honest.