Before she was Party Nails, Elana Carroll was a guitar-toting tween songwriter, playing any open mic she could near her hometown of Chatham, New York.
Performing solo or with a band of seasoned adult players backing her up, she wailed lyrics about her family’s divorce, dreams of leaving her small town, and a then-undiagnosed anxiety disorder across biker bars and community centers, often met with tears from patrons moved by her fearless expression of raw emotion.
At home she recorded herself with Garageband, instigating a love of music technology which continues to this day (she moonlights as a software tester and composer for boutique synthesizer company Noise Engineering).
Los Angeles based producer, pop singer/songwriter and engineer Party Nails and Austin-based queer pop icon Boy Sim‘s new track is entitled “Like U”, the dance drenched alt pop single is all “about how the best love and support is from people who want you to shine as bright as possible”, confides Party Nails. “You can be iconic and true to yourself and also full of love for others,” she further explains.
The song thrills with soaring nu-disco melodies under bright synths and driving bass, making it eligible for a Surgeon General’s warning to cause severe dancing.
“For me this release represents a new era of collaboration and self-possession. Getting to create “Like U” with Boy Sim was incredibly inspiring and gave me a perspective on all the music I’ve been sitting on that I really needed. I’m just grateful and excited to be engaging with music in a public space again after letting things slowly cook—I love a slow cooker dinner. This is going to be real tasty.” – Party Nails
