Siobhán Winifred – Sober

Alt-pop newcomer Siobhán Winifred is back with a stunning new single, entitled ‘Sober’.

Through its introspective and meaningful lyrics, the track offers listeners a glimpse into Winifred’s thoughts on the complexities of relationships.

“I wrote ‘Sober’ about the conflicting emotions you experience when your relationship with someone is based on no attachment and no expectations. It’s about the constant push and pull, where every word and action can have a double meaning. Lyrically the song is about how, when you’re feeling lost, you attach your worth to their interest in you and do whatever you cannot to lose it. Sometimes despite all the warning signs that are there, it’s hard to resist the sense of self-protection and direction that comes from placing your sense of self in someone else’s interest in you: you know you need to let go but just don’t have the strength to. Ultimately, I like to think Sober is a very relatable song that captures the emotional conflict we experience when we find ourselves in a relationship with a inevitable expiration date.”

Inspired by the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Leonard Cohen and Alex Turner, Winifred’s music been featured on noted editorial playlists like Spotify’s New Music Friday and Fresh Finds. Tastemaker acclaim for the emerging Londoner also continues to grow, with recent support from BBC 6 Music, 1883 Magazine, Hot Press and more.

Siobhán Winifred

New Music: Siobhán Winifred

Fans of melancholic indie-pop will most certainly fall in love with rising London-based alternative artist Siobhán Winifred.

New single ‘This House’ serves listeners with a raw and deeply moving piece of music that looks at broken relationships – and the consequent fallouts.

“‘This House’ was written at a time when I was at my most vulnerable. I had it all down in twenty minutes and the vocals on the final version are all from the first take, everything was so raw. The song was written two days after a house party that my ex, his new girlfriend and I were all at. The song is about all the conflicting emotions you have when you want someone to be happy but are struggling to watch them move on. I wanted to capture the intense feeling of claustrophobia I had that night. Everybody there knew the situation and it just reached a point where I had to leave. I included sounds of a house party on the track and the production kicks in on the line ‘so I think I better leave’ – it’s about reaching breaking point and desperately needing to escape.”

To date, Winifred has received critical praise from the likes of BBC Introducing, Radio 1 and 6 Music, while her debut single ‘Black Hole’ (released earlier in the summer) has already accumulated more than 115k streams on Spotify alone.

Siobhán Winifred

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