And I really love this song. I do.
Listen to “My Mind (Has a Mind of Its Own” on Spotify
I listen to a lot of new music. I scroll through one digitally produced track after another, with an open mind and a big heart because I consider myself the ultimate cheerleader for any indie artist with the courage and determination to release music in today’s overcrowded arena. I compare myself to someone on the beach with a metal detector looking for one piece of gold that someone may have overlooked, and to my delight I found something. “My Mind (Has a Mind of Its Own)” off the album Not Exactly Sad by Suzy Callahan.
Suzy’s a pro. She knows what she is doing. You can hear it in her songwriting composition, her effortless, natural vocal performance, and the production is such that she knows when to leave the sounds of the plucking of the guitar, and intentional breaths left in the recording of the vocals. It is so refreshing to listen to a recording that is organic and honest. Unlike so much contemporary music that is released today, listening to this recording of “My Mind (Has a Mind of Its Own)” is to me what a live performance of the song would be like; she is right there in the room, with her first-rate backing band performing the song for just for you. Her melody is so catchy, the beat is the perfect support, and the instrumental breaks are adeptly arranged, it’s just a perfect song to add to any indie-folk, singer-songwriter, or coffeehouse playlist. At only two and a half minutes long, it is the ideal length which leaves you wanting to check out more of her catalog and find more gems like this one.
Compare her to Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, because her music sits perfectly with these women of great songwriting.
“Music has always been my way of expressing what’s going on in my mind, and this song is no different. The difference here is that the subject is the subject. But in the end, I just try to write stuff that I would want to listen to, both musically and lyrically.”
Suzy Callahan
About the artist:
“Raised partly in Yorkshire England by parents who worked for the NSA, Callahan performed in pubs at age 16 doing Linda Ronstadt covers. Moving back to the states she spent her formative years in bar bands before meeting her husband Scott Tyburski. Sharing a love for “minimalistic psychedelic folk/rock” they formed Devils Wielding Scimitars, released 3 CMJ charting albums including the Kramer produced III then disbanded in 1997.”
