Rising artist Sarah Kinsley debuts new single “Hills Of Fire” with video

INTRODUCING SARAH KINSLEY RISING ARTIST DEBUTS NEW SINGLE “HILLS OF FIRE” WITH VIDEO photo credit: Julia Khoroshilov “Her transformative songs of growing pains and discovery share a similar intimacy to the introverted, deeply human alt-pop of Maggie Rogers and Lorde; Kinsley’s music, above all else, is self-reflective.” “No matter what space she’s in, her music—whether drawn from inspirations of orchestral arrangements to the 1970s—has the power, uniqueness, and individuality to live on its own.” April 7, 2022—“Hills Of Fire,” the new single from rising New York-based singer/songwriter Sarah Kinsley, premieres today via Everybody’s Music alongside an accompanying video. The video was shot on location in Connecticut and directed by fellow Columbia University student and frequent creative-collaborator Lux. Written/produced by Kinsley and mixed by Jake Aron, “Hills Of Fire” marks her first new release of the year and the follow-up to her acclaimed 2021 EP, The King. Listen to/share the song HERE and watch/share the video HERE. Of the song, Kinsley recalls, “The King had just been put forth into the world. Never had my music reached such heights, so many people, so many ears, so many minds. My family and I had run to the other coast, in part to drive towards sunsets and valleys, and on the other hand, to drive away from the noise around The King. I remember being completely and utterly surrounded by blue: we drove up a steep hill—where it felt that if you eased up on the gas for just a moment the entire car might slowly begin to slide back down—and even now I can see my father laughing as we ascend up the path. ‘Sarah, look! It’s like we’re…driving into the sky!’ ‘Hills Of Fire’ was born here. In my birthplace, in California. It was within this moment, along with others, that I could feel that the next body of musical work I would write and create would be centred around this unravelling, the growth of uncertainty, the unknowing.” “‘Hills Of Fire’ captured the resurgence of that feeling, when the daunting tide of possibility feels so close to your fingertips and your eyes and nose that you can smell the salt of what could be and what might be, that anything and everything feels within reach,” Kinsley adds. “This track holds that pinnacle of light for me, it’s the reckoning of the un-conquering of space within my mind, the deciphering of what lays behind, the calling, the beckoning of the new. I can’t stay the king forever. Possibility always holds this double-edged-ness to it, the relinquishing of past and the embrace of the ever-moving future, the burning horizon of the beyond. This lives within ‘Hills Of Fire,’ seeps into its atmosphere. Every sonic element, every punch of percussion, every soaring individual violin layer I’ve recorded from my apartment, every rolling synth, is drenched in the sweetness of possibility. There is nothing else but this overpowering feeling. Can we make it out?” In conjunction with her new music, Kinsley will perform a select run of headlining tour dates this summer. Kicking off on June 6 in San Francisco, the tour includes performances at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, Los Angeles’ Moroccan Lounge, Chicago’s Schuba’s, DC’s Union Stage and more. See below for the full routing.   Since the release of The King EP, Kinsley been busying herself between college lectures and building an already fiercely passionate fanbase. Unsurprisingly it’s a fanbase built on discovery, but with Kinsley it’s almost solely built via social media, especially on TikTok where her music posts have garnered nearly eight million likes and over 400,000 followers. More music from Kinsley is slated to come soon as she’s gearing up to release a new body of work this year.      SARAH KINSLEY LIVE June 6—San Francisco, CA—Café Du Nord June 8—Los Angeles, CA—Moroccan Lounge June 10—Chicago, IL—Schuba’s June 12—Washington, DC—Union Stage June 13—Boston, MA—Café 939 June 22—New York, NY—Bowery Ballroom single artwork