The last time I spoke to Eloise Rayner – around the time she released the song ‘Can You Still Feel Me Loving You’ – she was living in Sydney. Now she has a new song and a new home state: Queensland, where she has moved for her work as a speech pathologist. 

Her new single is ‘There Goes My Heart’ and it is like a gentle counterpart to ‘Can You Still Feel Me Loving You’, with whimsy soaked through it. Rayner is a dedicated songwriter, participating in a weekly Zoom writing session. In this interview she says of her writing: 

‘I do use it like a journal a lot of the time to just write out those feelings. But, you know, I also sometimes don't write from my own experience and I write from a concept …I guess my lyrics is like where my heart is with songwriting. They capture emotions that are maybe a bit harder to talk about, or emotions that you haven't realised you felt until you've heard that song.’

Matters of the heart have been a theme of not only these two solo singles but her very first single, which was the light-hearted ‘Fallin’ for a Cowboy’, recorded with good friend Zara Lindeman. The songs are just part of her creative output, though, as we discuss – although music is her priority. 

Rayner has embraced life in the rural community where she now lives, saying it’s provided opportunities for her music career, including performing at events and connecting with other musicians. Although there may be something that brings her south again: her producer, Simon Johnson at Hillbilly Hut, is located much closer to Sydney! Hopefully there are some tunes banked, waiting for release, to add to her impressive singles released to date.

Listen to Eloise Rayner on Apple Music

Listen to Eloise Rayner on Spotify

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