One would begin reading the below interview best informed by Molly Rymer’s own words. She is jovially, “a self-proclaimed grandma in the body of a twenty-something” year-old individual. Rymer elaborates, she prefers a “slower pace of life”. Perhaps an old-soul, Rymer describes herself as a “storyteller”- her latest release Lie “[draws] on the feeling of staying” “not for the right reasons, [but] because you don’t want to be alone”. The nuance here being that Lie is about a situationship that Rymer readily admits that she “has never been in”. Neither a concession nor any form of self-deprecation, the statement is a dichotomy in loving. One resonates not with the experience, but with the feeling.

Her inner grandmother’s wisdom like an aged wine finely paired with the fresh meat of post adolescence.

Though having started singing from the tender age of eight, Rymer’s latest creative endeavour comes shortly after her first time recording with a full band. Alone When the Lights Come On was for Rymer, an experience that left her “exhausted every day, [but] so happy” that she could “do [it] forever and never get bored of it”. Rymer goes on, her voice practically glowing, “the band themselves are such talented musicians [who] didn’t need much direction with the arrangements”. “They were spot on with the vision”. Rymer closes with her continued gratitude.

Rymer’s audience can expect promising developments in the artist’s career. On the 23rd of April 2026, Molly Rymer will play as a supporting act for the ‘supergroup trio’, Butler, Blake and Grant- at the Albany Arcade in Halifax.

Reticent and pensive in its opening, Leeds’ own Molly Rymer’s latest song Lie delicately unfolds. Rymer’s vibrato introduces pristine and generous in its annunciation of her lyrics. As though directly serenading a listening ear, Rymer’s lower tones pulse between breaths of silence in the instrumental. Beckoning fingers on the strings invite percussion like just listening to Rymer isn’t enough. They must come together and the coming release is cathartic, most heartfelt, and genuine. The six-piece set up’s expression of a lover’s frustration is a mirror held up to Rymer’s vocal. Lie fades softly

like the innermost thoughts one forgets having spoken half-asleep; like the same words following their lover into their dreams.

Lie is out now.

Review from Romeo Y.K.M. Aziz – @ren8ssance