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Like it or not, the phrase “folk-pop” can often put listeners to sleep. Cassandra Coleman isn’t having it: On the Tennessee songwriter’s debut single, “Coming of Age,” she proves that acoustic music needn’t be boring.
Helping her achieve that goal is Jack Antonoff, who co-produced the song and lent his group Bleachers to Coleman as her backing band. The result is an immersive, woozy journey into the mind of an artist who refuses to be defined by any one thing.
“‘Coming of Age’ was written in a time of upheaval. I was in the messy process of unearthing my roots to get a closer look at what made me who I was,” Coleman says. “What I found wasn’t black and white. There were parts of me I was proud of and parts of me I needed to change. This song is an homage to that journey ofchanging. A reflection on every moment that led to where I am now. The life Jack breathed into ‘Coming of Age’ took it into a new world. Like adding flesh to bones. It starts as an intimate stroll through a garden until you’re full on sprinting into fields laced with nostalgia.”
Coleman, who is now signed to Warner Records, recorded “Coming of Age” live at Electric Lady Studios in New York with Antonoff and co-producer and songwriter Scott Krueger.
“I am forever indebted to the magic Jack infused into this song. I couldn’t have written ‘Coming of Age’ without my dear friend Scott Krueger,” she says. “Without his empathic heart and desire to help me grow, this song would never have come to life. I am so thankful for every hand that has helped lift ‘Coming of Age’ up. I hope it can play a part in someone’s healinglike it has for me.”
Coleman will bring “Coming of Age” to the live stage this summer while opening shows for Young the Giant and Bleachers. She’ll also play her own sets at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Festival.
