“With “The Mirror,” Nashville-based singer-songwriter Laura Rabell shows how a song can initially seem like it’s about insecurity – but in the end, it’s really about strength and bravery. She premieres the track on July 15 here at American Songwriter, ahead of releasing her debut album, Immortal, on July 31.
“I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with mirrors and wanted to write about that,” Rabell says. “I don’t usually like what I see in the mirror, and after spending the better part of last year battling breast cancer, including two surgeries and four rounds of chemo, that damn mirror watched as my hair fell out, eyebrows and eyelashes thinned, skin sallowed, and dark circles widened. I grew to hate that inescapable visual reminder of my insecurities – which reminded me a lot of being a teenager, looking in the mirror and asking, ‘Am I pretty enough? Am I good enough?’”
Starting with sparse acoustic guitar, “The Mirror” swells into a swaggering full-band declaration of defiance. Rabell recorded it at Howard’s Apartment Studio in East Nashville with axeman Dave Coleman producing, Jeff Thorneycroft on bass and singing harmonies, and Pete Pulkrabek on drums.” READ MORE…
