Helena Hellberg takes on catcallers on ‘Epithet’. The Swedish/Swiss singer who now calls Nashville home is releasing her debut album on 29th March. Following ‘Surprisingly Disco’ and ‘From the Outside’, ‘Epithet’ is the third single and title track of the record. The lyrics tell the story of the regular struggle women face with unwanted and crude encounters with strangers.
Hallberg explains the inspiration for the song: “Being subjected to catcalling is a part of everyday life for many people… ‘Epithet’ was written as an anthem of resilience, but also as a call to awareness. It’s meant to reverse the power balance created when you’re catcalled – an anthem to take your power back, a banger that makes you think and rejoice in the face of the epithets that haunt you.”
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
