Seattle-based singer-songwriter Sarah Brunner returns with โSomething Else,โ a warm yet quietly aching Americana-folk single that cuts straight to the emotional exhaustion of modern life. As the first release from her upcoming EP recorded at Bear Creek Studio, the track marks her first solo material since 2021 and feels like the sound of someone peeling back layers with renewed honesty. After years of performing full-time, both solo and with her band The Hipocrats, Brunner has developed a songwriting style rooted in lived experience rather than polished artifice, and โSomething Elseโ thrives on that sincerity.
At first listen, the song feels comforting and familiar, driven by soothing guitar melodies and punchy, engaging drum hits that keep everything moving with an easygoing rhythm. But underneath that warmth sits a quiet sadness. Brunnerโs tender, rich voice carries the kind of emotional empathy that makes every lyric feel deeply personal, as though sheโs trying to reach someone slipping further away in real time.
He sings, โSpent a lifetime wasting away on a screen โtil youโre emptyโ hit with uncomfortable accuracy, especially in a world where burnout and digital detachment have practically become personality traits. Meanwhile, the chorus comes with a refrain, โYou gotta make time for something else, something else.โ Brunner is reaching out a hand. That emotional nuance is what gives the song its staying power.
The second half grows even more intimate as she sings, โItโs getting late and weโre in danger of becoming strangers,โ capturing the slow drift that can happen in relationships when presence gets replaced by distraction. Yet even in its melancholy, the song leaves room for hope. โIโll carry you if you carry meโ arrives like a quiet promise whispered across a widening distance.
In โSomething Else,โ Sarah Brunner crafts something understated and intimate, through a folk-infused reflection on loneliness, connection, and the desperate need to look up from the noise long enough to truly see each other again.
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Review by: Naomi Joan