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Born in Boston and based in New York, Paola Bennet is a singer-songwriter balancing at the intersection of rock, pop, and folk. She has released two original EPs, Maybe The Light (2021) and The Shoebox EP (2016), as well as a trio of Ink Spots covers, Honeychild (2020). She is also a former columnist for Half Mystic, an international and interdisciplinary publishing project dedicated to music (read "Daughter, Peach” and “Shrine to July”).
Maybe The Light was produced by Adam Tilzer, who has engineered artists including Norah Jones and Valerie June. The singles off the EP were touted as “spine-chilling,” “therapeutic and relatable,” and “a folk-rock classic in the making," (Last Day Deaf, Dusty Organ, FVMusicBlog). The EP gathers her folk and rock influences, balancing earthy sounds with grittier rock and atmospheric production. Touching on themes including chronic illness, shifting friendships, fragile new intimacies, and long-distance affairs, Bennet offers her most honest and innovative work to date in Maybe The Light.
She has been highlighted by music tastemakers including Obscure Sound, Glasse Factory, Wolf in a Suit, and ParaPop. She has performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Boston. Her third EP is forthcoming in 2024.
PRESS
“So real, so palpable and so refreshingly cinematic.” - Wolf in a Suit
“Bennet’s music brims with a raw sense of honesty that is not only captivating but deeply moving.” - Alfitude
“A riveting, emotive success.” - Obscure Sound
“Bennet is putting lyrics to concepts you’ve probably thought in your own mind but never really expressed. That’s what good art can do.” - Ear To The Ground Music
“Bennet’s always had an exquisite, finely tuned way with lyrics.” - MassCommons