Indie Singer-Songwriter Hunter Moreau Counters Overthinking With Playful New Single “Sleepyhead”

From small town Massachusetts comes rising indie pop artist Hunter Moreau. Since first emerging on the scene with her diary-like single “Drive In” back in 2019, the young musician has shared her latest single “Sleepyhead”. Keeping with her style of dreamy, personal songwriting, “Sleepyhead” started as a way to counter bouts of overthinking.

“The story of Sleepyhead started out in my bedroom, ironically”, she begins. “I was in my bed doing a lot of thinking, and probably a lot of overthinking. I fell into this repeated game I play with my mind, getting wrapped up in my own thoughts and worries and emotions. As l laid there, I started to think about how everyone goes through these sorts of “fights’ ‘ or “games’ ‘ with their own minds, often repeating the same toxic ways of thinking over and over again because we’re so accustomed to it. I began to write down some of these ideas I was having, and that’s when I came up with the line, “I built myself a house of tricks, with a clock on the wall that always ticks.” The rest of the song more or less grew out of this line. I was trying to capture the idea that your mind can seem like this crazy, scary thing that you can’t control, but it really is something you built yourself, based on your own ways of thinking“.

With a focus on being vulnerable and open about mental illness and insecurities, “Sleepyhead” stays warm and inviting courtesy of Hunter’s glowing pop vocals and lush bedroom-pop instrumentation – the ideal combination for fans of the next generation of songwriters.

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