Shannon Vetter celebrates the sweet release of letting go the people who are bad for you on “Boundaries, Baby.” Vetter, who played the sax on their latest single, invokes a New Orleans second line as they celebrate the passing of a failed relationship. “Boundaries, Baby” is a fresh cut from Vetter’s upcoming sophomore solo album, Holding Pattern.
Shannon Vetter is known for their work in bands like Vezl and Big Atomic, as well as the Head of Production for Louisville, KY’s The Pete Foundation, whose mission is to rally communities to champion youth mental health and wellness through normalizing the topic, promoting education, and providing tools for healthy emotional development.
And sometimes, the best thing to do for your mental health is set up those healthy boundaries.
“It’s about saying, “Okay, maybe I won’t get closure on this. Okay, maybe we don’t have to be friends. Maybe I don’t have to put any more emotional energy into this. This relationship is over. The fat lady may not be singing, but the horn section is definitely playing us out.'”
Vetter majored in sax in college and returned to their roots with their ebullient solo. Vetter did not give Ryan Knottingham (trumpet) and Chris Fortner (trombone) charts, which encouraged the song’s spontaneous sound.
“We basically had all of us record over the entire song – taking each break to riff and then putting all the riffs next to each other in the studio and deciding what went where and whose riff was best for each break. It was such a fun and silly way to record. A perfect for a very silly song. Chris was spot on. Every single line he played was amazing. It was hard to cut any of his.”
Vetter is excited to release their upcoming album into the world.
“Holding Pattern is a collection of some of my favorite songs and some of what I think are my best songs from the last few me years. There are quite a few different styles present on the album.”
Holding Pattern will be available everywhere on March 1st