Suzy Callahan’s Poignantly Delicate “Out of Proportion” Captures that Moment When You Feel Like You Can’t Hold Back the Uncomfortable Truth Anymore

Suzy Callahan speaks for everyone that has experienced a prolonged period of anxiety in her song “Out of Proportion.” The delicate and detailed guitar work help to soften the impact of some of the most poignant and painfully familiar scenarios of self-sabotage ever heard in a song without downplaying the experience. Nothing too brutal just the sorts of things that can happen when you’re expressing your truth and maybe it’s a little too intense for people and maybe you have a hard time gauging when it is in the expression of your feelings. And yet, how many of us have had to go through life feeling like we’ve had to exist in social spaces where you can’t be real and you have to be tightly buttoned up like you’re a character on some TV show where everyone is prim and proper and life isn’t like that and sometimes you can be a wreck or a mess and just need the understanding to get through that and the leeway to be human because not having that is often what leads to neurotic behavior to begin with. When Callahan sings the lines “Didn’t know what to say/So I said something strange/Soon as it came out of my mouth, phew/Everything went south” and then into the chorus of “Blown out/out of proportion/out of proportion” it truly captures a moment most of us have experienced at one point or another because when you have to bottle it all in sometimes it comes out all wrong even if it’s honest yet maybe it had to be said. Listen to “Out of Proportion” on Spotify and follow Suzy Callahan at the links below.

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Suzy Callahan speaks for everyone that has experienced a prolonged period of anxiety in her song “Out of Proportion.” The delicate and detailed guitar work help to soften the impact of some of the most poignant and painfully familiar scenarios of self-sabotage ever heard in a song without downplaying the experience. Nothing too brutal just the sorts of things that can happen when you’re expressing your truth and maybe it’s a little too intense for people and maybe you have a hard time gauging when it is in the expression of your feelings. And yet, how many of us have had to go through life feeling like we’ve had to exist in social spaces where you can’t be real and you have to be tightly buttoned up like you’re a character on some TV show where everyone is prim and proper and life isn’t like that and sometimes you can be a wreck or a mess and just need the understanding to get through that and the leeway to be human because not having that is often what leads to neurotic behavior to begin with. When Callahan sings the lines “Didn’t know what to say/So I said something strange/Soon as it came out of my mouth, phew/Everything went south” and then into the chorus of “Blown out/out of proportion/out of proportion” it truly captures a moment most of us have experienced at one point or another because when you have to bottle it all in sometimes it comes out all wrong even if it’s honest yet maybe it had to be said. Listen to “Out of Proportion” on Spotify and follow Suzy Callahan at the links below.

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Suzy Callahan Encourages Us to Manage Our Romantic Expectations on “Maybe”

Suzy Callahan imbues “Maybe” with more mystery and complex emotions and offbeat observations than entire albums by many artists. Is there a key change in the song? Yes, but the hypnotic, spare guitar riff is the perfect accompaniment to her melodiously expressive voice and her simple story of the aspirations people have when they cut away ;pretentious and unrealistic expectations and a conditioned needs rooted in the myths of romance and a life in which one needs to be super excited about everything all the time. The story comes across like a series of observations and contemplation on such while people watching. When Callahan sings “ The chances are zero that the next person by will be my hero but they might me later for a beer, though” the clever word play is a standout in the song but it also poignantly describes how you can avoid disappointment in life. And if you get more out of life count that as a great thing but if you get what you need recognize that as a positive and not a loss. Fans of Edith Frost will definitely find much to love in Callahan’s catalog of music. Watch the video for “Maybe” on YouTube, listen to the rest of the album Focused Mind on Spotify or Bandcamp and connect with Suzy Callahan at the links below.

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