Cauley shares stunning new single “briefcase”
Cauley, hailing from Brooklyn, has recently put out into the world a tender, elegiacal song that delves into feelings of loss and familial estrangement. “I write about my family a lot but I hadn’t really explored everything that divorced parents bring” explains Cauley. There are elements of heartache that run through the lyrics that are sung wistfully.
“You left righteously, briefcase dragging you down the driveway into the water.” — Cauley.
The riffs gently sing a similar rumination, a thoughtful, see-sawing melody that runs true to the mixed feelings that come when contemplating a complex matter, an emotional buffet that cannot be fully digested in one single walk down memory lane. And meanwhile, an electronic layer merges with the more stripped back and classic-folk backbone, which adds to the construction of a field of nostalgia and faded memory. It simulates the repetitive recollection of certain events, a mental stretch that permits disjointed peeks into the past.
This concoction of unresolved feelings turns reactive at the last minute, and there seems to be a lot of anger, sadness and frustration that becomes mixed into acceptance.
“Is it any better? Now that we don’t talk I don’t know where we start.” — Cauley.
“I never cry when I’m writing but I did when I wrote that. It felt like too much to end on” she says. It’s a raw crescendo that jogs my memory back to the emotional ballads of the 00s such as “I’m With You” by Avril Lavigne, but accomplished in a manner that doesn’t feel like a full-on crash-out, anchored still in thoughtfulness.
