The latest project from renforshort, the EP ‘clean hands dirty water’, dropped in May to much anticipation and garnered critical acclaim. Capturing coming-of-age moments and emotional isolation, the music like “serpentine”, “hurt like it should” and others reveal raw and bittersweet tunes. The EP’s title reflects on the ups-and-downs of her own life, stating, “the younger you are, things feel a lot heavier. Your hands feel dirty with something someone said to you once that you think will never go away, or a direction that your life is taking that you feel you don’t have any control over… But you do. You can wash your hands. Charcoal’s not that hard to get off. You really could have a fresh start if you wash your hands.”
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The music reflects challenges renforshort (born Lauren Isenberg), encountered both personally in relationships as well as professionally. The Toronto-native shared, “there’s a lot of things that I have come to realize that are completely just out of my control. I think sometimes what you think is your dream isn’t always true. Things change your perception on things and that’s not to say that I’m not so grateful for everything in every single part of this journey but I also think that it’s important to protect yourself and your health.” renforshort is on her North American tour in support of her latest EP and plans for more new music to be released soon.
renforshort spoke with B-Sides host Pete Mar about new music, the lessons learned from juggling the changes that occurred in her personal life as well as professional, and more.
