Debut EP from Molly Stone

Molly Stone doesn’t do half measures, her work lives in the tension between tenderness and bite, between sweetness and sharp edges. A singer-songwriter who can disarm with a single lyric, she’s made her name on songs that sound delicate but land like a confession whispered too close. She’s built her artistic identity around contrasts; her voice is light and melodic, yet the words it carries are laced with steel.

It’s a context that defines her songwriting and she doesn’t sugarcoat, but she doesn’t shout either, she simply tells the truth, in a tone so smooth it almost hides the sting. Now, with her debut EP The Softies, Molly steps into a new space that’s quieter, yes, but no less deliberate, stripping back the impact to reveal the emotion that’s always been simmering beneath the surface.

Written over the last few years, The Softies gathers four of Molly’s most intimate tracks, not bound by story, but connected through emotion. “I picked out my gentle songs and thought it would be nice to release them all together in a bundle,” she explains. It’s a record that feels cohesive not because it tells a single tale, but because it feels like it’s all coming from one room that’s quiet, honest, maybe a little heartbroken, but defiantly alive.

The Softies draws from the folk and pop stylings of storytellers like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, with dashes of Lily Allen’s wit and Sabrina Carpenter’s warmth. The arrangements are simple, with acoustic guitars, soft percussion, subtle harmonies giving her lyrics room to breathe but beneath that simplicity lies intent and each song feels carefully constructed to let the words do the work, to make emotion the loudest instrument in the room.

Opening track “Maybe I’m a Handful” sets up the release with its mix of playfulness and self-awareness, it’s both a shrug and a challenge, an admission that being complicated isn’t a flaw but a fact and maybe even a strength. With soothing instrumental textures and tender vocal performance, she casts a spellbinding indie pop scene that flows with elegant melodies, poignant lyricism and dreamy atmosphere.

“Glitter” continues in that spirit, transforming fragility into strength to deliver a track that shimmers with the sort of understated confidence that comes from knowing who you are even when you’re still figuring it out. “You Left So Suddenly” presents a song that stands quietly at the emotional centre of the EP. Penned in the wake of her father’s death, it’s a study in restraint, offering a song that says as much in its silences as it does in its words.

The record closes with “I Just Wanna Give You Love,” a duet with Nathan Thomas that expands the EP’s emotional range without breaking its intimacy. It’s the sound of connection, imperfect, human, warm and even at its most tender, Molly never loses her edge; there’s always something unsaid flickering, reminding you that every soft moment carries its own kind of strength. The Softies is not a pivot or a reinvention, but an unveiling of another side of Molly’s compelling musical vision, delivering a four-song reminder that the most powerful thing an artist can do is tell the truth softly and mean every word.

Listen to The Softies below