Marquette Wire | The Feelings Between the Lines: Leanna Firestone’s “The Answer”

ll I’m trying to do at any point, whether I’m admitting an embarrassing thing or I’m writing a broad breakup album, is connect with other people,” said Leanna Firestone, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter who converts tumultuous emotion into indie pop. “I’m trying to shout into a void and be like, ‘can anybody hear this, too?’” 

Going into her 20s, a woman often experiences a set of frequently-overlooked issues– friendships changing, romantic turmoil and self-doubt– struggles held captive in the confines of diaries and Notes apps everywhere.

Firestone, on the other hand, is a testament to the power of expressing this side of the female experience. From Nashville, Tennessee, Firestone uses her singer-songwriter roots as a vessel for confronting big feelings and giving listeners a space to feel.