In 2019, Free Cake for Every Creature came to an end. The lo-fi, earnest rock project was led by Katie Bejsiuk, who announced at the time: "I’m eager to move on to other projects, but playing with free cake was the best way I could have spent half my 20’s." Now, three years later, Bejsiuk shared that she's releasing a new album The Woman on the Moon with the original surname of her father—a first-generation American with Ukrainian parents—that was changed before she was born. The lead single from the album, which is out June 24 on Double Double Whammy, is called "Onion Grass."
"Onion Grass" opens with images that symbolize the freedom, innocence, and curiosity of childhood. Alongside handfuls of onion grass, violet flowers, and moss crowns, Bejsiuk sings, "We were heading out past where we were allowed," a line that brings to mind the safety limits placed by guardians, and yet seems to nod toward the expansive open-mindedness of youth that slowly becomes contained over time. She explained it was “inspired by the rupture of an adolescent friendship, which occurred as we moved from the imaginative space of childhood to the restrictive and gendered structures of young adulthood.”
Bejsiuk maintains the modest indie rock sound that she solidified with her previous project, but "Onion Grass" is even more sparse, building with subtleties. Although still soft at the center and rough around the edges, her voice seems stronger and more spotlit than before as it's accompanied with blunt acoustic guitar that's carefully layered with electric guitar and a slight drum combustion at the song's end.
Listen to "Onion Grass" below, and pre-order The Woman on the Moon here.
