EP · 2025

Keys in My Pocket

Six songs of new beginnings: new doors, first sunrises, little hands and open windows.

Tracks

1. Keys in My Pocket, Sky in My EyesGot the keys and they are shining in my hand. It is a big, brassy opener, because a new front door deserves a fanfare.anthemic afrobeats, highlife-pop2:30
2. Sleeves Up, Sun's OutOpen the window and feel the glow on your toes. The crowd sings the whole chorus now, even the people who do not know the words.anthemic afrobeats, sunny pop2:25
3. New City, First Sunrise WalkStreets I do not know yet, sleepy in gold. I walked them at sunrise with a warm loaf under my arm.dreamy pop, sunrise pop2:20
4. Corner Shop Light Is OnSix a.m., the street is blue, and the corner shop light is the only one on. A little love letter to every late-night shop.cosy dance-pop, 2000s dance-pop2:33
5. Tiny Toes on the DashboardA tiny face and a little shout from the back seat. My friend's daughter is the best backing vocalist I have ever had.tender afrobeats, family groove2:29
6. Quiet Spring HallwayEveryone has gone and the hallway is wide. I wrote it in my empty new place, sitting on the floor in the sun.hushed pop, spring pop3:01

Liner notes

I bought a place of my own and wrote the whole EP in the weeks before I moved in. Bakery lights at dawn, a hallway full of sleeping sunshine, a toddler's feet on the dashboard of a friend's car. Everything here is a beginning. I tracked the vocals in the empty living room, where every chorus bounced off the bare walls.

Zuri Bell