Concert Review: Molly Burch Is A Growing Star At Rough Trade

I have seen Molly Burch a few times, and even got the chance to interview her. I remember seeing her live at a bar. While people ordered drinks, she sang songs from Please Be Mine, and explained how they were written during heartbreak as the audience dwindled between listening to her and themselves. Now, over a year later, she SOLD OUT ROUGH TRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is something so beautiful to watching good people advance in life. When you shed away those false ideas that make you think when others gain, you lose, life becomes a more gratifying, shared experience. Playing off her newest record, First Flower, Molly Burch has grown so much as a person and presence. She still is meek and moving, but there is a confidence in her that expressed what I felt in my review of her record: First Flower is an album of self-discovery. Naturally, there is something incredibly powerful to deciding that instead of exploring others through relationships, you want to see who you are as a builder of them.

For many of us, we think about our partners before we think of ourselves. We long for and dream of their dreams as if our own because when you love someone they become apart of who you are. Yet, tracks like, “Wild,” “To The Boys,” and “Every Little Thing” sung to the fact that you only become a better partner when you see yourself as an equal companion. This means seeing and scaling your wants and needs as important in measure. Hence, from her graceful posture to how her voice pullulated like a lotus flower adrift upon a river melodized by guitars, everything about her appeared so grown. She is not singing to love lost or wanted by others; she is aiming for herself and that makes her a star.

It is hard to put into words how a person begins to own their stardom because it a quiet process that, rarely, reveals itself. Instead, it is something others will note like a friend complimenting you on your pretty dress, except “the dress” is your spirit. Molly Burch was glowing, and I could not stop thinking to that bar, where she clutched her guitar and huddled her mic like a lone dove. Yet, at Rough Trade, she soared and swung her voice to make the crowd her flying accompaniment. For More Information On Molly Burch Click Here.