As she prepares the release of her debut album, Keeper E. unveils “Telling The Truth” – a new single anchored by deep synths, cinematic movements, and existential despair in the face of a changing climate.

Born out of a season of floods throughout New Brunswick, the Halifax-based artist captures a feeling of being immobilized by the overwhelming weight of watching the world sink. “We’ll all be underwater someday,” she sings as a sampled speech from climate activist Greta Thunberg is inter-spliced amongst the bedroom pop loops, ethereal melodies, and dramatic arrangements.

“I walked around town for hours as I wrote this song, thinking about how easily all my favourite places could be destroyed by a flood or a hurricane. Thinking about how if we were honest and thinking clearly, taking care of the earth would be a priority,” says Keeper E. “It also forced me to think about the things in my own life that were slowly getting more and more pressing the longer I did nothing about them. At the forefront of my mind was the extreme feeling of wanting to tell someone I loved them, but not having the courage. And like most things, the longer I left it the more it felt like I was sinking underwater.”