Originally Published on March 17th, 2026
It was around this time this year that I stumbled upon one of the most prolific artists I’ve ever had the privilege of listening to. Having just released her third album, Trash Mountain, Lily Seabird had me spinning at just how unique of an artist she truly was, and is.
I listened to Trash Mountain, and her second album, Alas, obsessively. I purchased both albums on vinyl. I wrote a review of Trash Mountain (a month before she was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, I might add). Seabird even ended up being one of my Top 5 Artists on Spotify before I stopped using that platform in early November.
Since the release of Trash Mountain, Lily Seabird has been incredibly busy. To promote the album, she spent most of 2025 on the road touring. Though she is located in Vermont, she played shows from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again. Some shows were acoustic sets, some were with a full, backing band. She even made it to my home town of Nashville on a couple of occasions – as recently as this month! She also just announced a headlining show in the UK in September!
Check out Lily Seabird’s Tour Schedule Here
Needless to say, it was a very pleasant surprise to see her announce a new single, earlier this month via Social Media.
Demon in Me, the first release from indie recording artist, Lily Seabird, released March 16th, 2026. It runs at just under 6 minutes and features every single bit of that Lily Seabird greatness her fans have come to know and love in the years she has been actively releasing music. We’re talking a full band, a harsh grunge guitar, and an all-out recorder battle to the death to close the song out.
This song is a building vibe from the moment it begins. Seabird vamps her verse from the first line, throwing the listener off right from the start. Her unique genius wins over the listener right away as she pours into the chorus and gives her listeners back the structure that makes them feel comfortable again before pulling it right back out from under them once again, leaving them effortlessly bouncing through the melody.
Once the electric guitar is faded and layered into the progression, listeners are scrambling to retrace their steps back to the moment where they realized how awesome this track was becoming. Seabird’s trademark twangy vocals sell the song. Just, absolutely sell the song. As her vocals fade, in sweeps the layered recorders and guitars and they absolutely lose control in a beautiful catastrophe that is reminiscent of National Anthem from Radiohead’s Grammy Award winning Kid A.
Seabird has cited her hero, Leonard Cohen, before and, as I pointed out, I heard Dylan in her songwriting approach. With Demon in Me, however she absolutely transcends all of the comparisons, firmly etching into stone a sound that is all her own.
Go press play.
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