"Bones" by Noah Seleno

I'm delighted on several accounts to report to you of the release today of  "Bones", the new Noah Seleno single.

On one level, her continuing regular schedule of fresh music after several years of not releasing material is most welcome. The second level I'll come to in a moment.

"Bones" follows up her ‘Behind Me' EP and was produced by Matt Williams and is a perky number one might file under "pop": rather a long way from the dreamscapes of her earlier singles.

But that's Noah being playful if not subversive as the topic is far from light: it's a song about anorexia: as she puts it: "I wrote this song a few years ago when my relationship with my body and self worth was at its lowest, I had little regard for what happened to me back then and that bled into so many corners of my life" and the astringent & direct lyrics make her experience crystal clear.

Noah has never been one for light subjects really & certainly doesn't reach for the nearest commonplaces & tropes when dealing with heavy themes. There is wit & a personal touch in what she writes but not a cliché to undermine the strength of her message.

That said, I'd better add her further comment that "four years later I'm happier and healthier than I've ever been so coming back to this song felt like a milestone in some ways": this is a song of a survivor, with gained strength rather than self pity in the ascendant: no wonder Noah felt that she could allow her song to sound the way it does. Dark subjects tend to dark music but darkness vanquished deserves something else.

I have always maintained that Noah is one of our area's semi-hidden secrets as a songwriter & lamented the relative lack of recognition she gets: though I think her distinctive performance skills do get the credit merited. "Bones" just strengthens my argument I think. Hopefully 2026 will see plenty of Noah Seleno releases & the success & esteem she deserves.