![]() ![]() "I just wanted to scream and yell about it, and had a pretty amazing all-nighter, rock 'n' roll evening of exorcising demons. "I was having some generational, genetic, queer, maternal anger about the world making me or my kids feel marginalized in some way, while also knowing how much better it is and it would have been if I had tried to do this 50 years ago," she told The Seattle Times. She plugged her electric guitar into an old amp, and her rage poured out in the form of "Broken Horses." That anger surfaced one night while she was listening to Elton John's 1970 Americana album, Tumbleweed Connection. "It basically just took the lid off of some righteous anger that I had." I was able to connect dots that I had never connected, because you don't try and connect dots unless you sit and do something like this," she told Stereogum. But it also gave me access to some of my emotions. Brandi Carlile is having a full circle moment The country superstar made her debut as the Saturday Night Live musical guest over the weekend, and shined bright in both her sets. "Finishing the book, it sounds so cliché, but it really gave me so much closure and perspective. Reliving the memories not only helped her get in touch with her feelings, but also inspired the material for In These Silent Days. ![]() The book details the singer's rocky road to fame, starting with a dysfunctional upbringing that found her facing poverty, a life-threatening illness, and religious trauma. ![]() This explosive track shares its name with Brandi Carlile's 2021 memoir, Broken Horses. ![]()
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