There are artists who write songs, and then there are artists who build worlds. Roxy Rawson has always been firmly in the latter camp, a creator of miniature universes stitched from wonder, sorrow, and something just a little otherworldly. With ‘I found a place in the woods’, she returns after years of enforced silence with a piece that feels like a hand extended, guiding us into a realm where loss softens, breath steadies, and the earth itself seems to hum in recognition.
What strikes you first is how organic the song feels, as if it grew rather than was arranged. Jherek Bischoff’s production elevates Rawson without ever crowding her. Strings drift like a slow mist, piano flickers with quiet certainty, and the arrangement rustles around her as though the forest she sings of is folding in closer to listen.
And then there’s her voice; that unmistakable, mercurial instrument that slips between delicacy and wildness with effortless precision. She sings with the rawness of someone who has come through fire and chosen softness anyway. Every note feels lived, every vibrato a small act of defiance against the years that threatened to swallow her artistry whole.
Lyrically, ‘I found a place in the woods’ walks the line between fable and confession. She traces the contours of heartbreak and reinvention with a feather-light touch, letting the imagery do the emotional lifting. The forests she invokes are the real spaces where a person might go to dismantle their pain and rebuild their shape. It’s survival rendered as poetry that creeps under the skin and lingers throughout.
‘I found a place in the woods’ marks the beginning of Roxy Rawson’s most daring chapter yet. With a new EP already underway, we’re on the cusp of witnessing an artist reclaim her full creative mythology. And it’s nothing short of astonishing.