Keaton Schiller can be a pretty vulnerable songwriter, penning lyrics that are candid and raw. But the New Orleans-based singer-songwriter doesn’t want that to be mistaken as her feeling too somber or down on herself, she says.
So Schiller leans into her electric guitar, plays loud and pairs those raw lyrics with resilient, energetic alternative rock. On her dynamic second EP, “The House That I Built,” released last month, the result plays like the feeling of shaking out the tension in the body and finally letting out the expletive you’ve been holding all day.
“I want that vulnerability in my songs to feel like strength and freedom and catharsis,” she says. “I think emotions, even the saddest ones, can feel like a point of power in pushing someone forward.”…