Molly Thomas Releases New Single "Even The Strong" - A Ballad for the Bruised and Weary

Molly Thomas’s new single “Even the Strong” arrives as both a deeply personal expression and song that will resonate with many listeners as an exploration of what it really means to hold strength in one hand and vulnerability in the other.

It’s the first release from Thomas's forthcoming album "Tumble Home", produced in collaboration with writer and producer Ken Rose (Marianne Faithfull, Sony/ATV, Warner Music, EMI).

Listen to "Even the Strong" here:

https://open.spotify.com/track/7coWs2VokOQ0s3xBjk3qwC

Thomas is no stranger to carving emotion into melody. A longtime fixture of the Southern Americana and cinematic folk scene, her voice is known for its weathered warmth and expressive tones.

She has released several solo albums and one with her band Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds, toured internationally and shared stages with some music heavyweights. But “Even the Strong” stands out not just for its lyrics, but for the timing of its creation, and the profound synchronicity with real life.

The song was first drafted during a moment of personal upheaval for Thomas - a divorce that left her feeling anything but strong. “People said I was strong, but I didn’t always feel it,” she recalls. That dissonance between perception and reality, between being seen as unshakable while quietly unraveling, became the seed for “Even the Strong.”

But it wasn’t until the summer of 2023, years later, that Thomas revisited the track with Ken Rose. It was, as she describes, a vulnerable and somewhat reluctant return.

Just weeks after that writing session, Thomas was seriously injured in a car accident. It was an experience that halted the album’s progress and reshaped the meaning of the song itself. What began as a reckoning with past pain became, now suddenly, a map for present day survival. The title “Even the Strong,” became less a lament and almost like a mantra.

The song opens in a hush - bare piano, subtle ambient tones and the ghost of breath and it builds deliberately from there. There is a brush of bow across strings, the widening reverb on a final word and the silence between lines. Thomas's vocals are intimate and clear eyes, full of a quiet strength and honest weariness. It is the sound of someone choosing to tell the truth without needing to shout about it.

By the time the chorus blooms, there’s a sense of rising - not triumph in the conventional sense, but a kind of spiritual exhale.

Lyric wise, “Even the Strong” resists cliché. It doesn’t rush to resolution, and it certainly doesn’t suggest that resilience means fixing everything.

The accompanying music video which was filmed during a post-recovery trip to Spain which further elevates the song’s themes. The footage was captured organically without a script or plan. Presented initially in black and white, it then shifts to color at the song’s emotional peak.

It’s a simple choice, but it really mirrors Thomas's own return to vibrancy after months of physical and emotional recovery. There is no choreography, no overt symbolism, just glimpses of light, shadow, movement and space. It's that authenticity that gives the video the same understated gravitas as the song itself.

Molly Thomas is an artist with nothing to prove and everything to say. Her background as a touring musician, a collaborator with acts like Todd Snider and Guster and a seasoned songwriter has always informed her work, but “Even the Strong” feels like something deeper.

It’s the sound of lived experience, unpolished and unafraid. Fans of Gillian Welch, Brandi Carlile or Patty Griffin will find a familiar emotional gravity here, though Thomas’s voice is entirely her own.

As the first single from "Tumble Home", “Even the Strong” sets a striking tone. It’s a song that asks you to sit down, be still and feel. And it's a reminder that strength and softness are not opposites - that sometimes, the strongest thing you can do is admit when you need a hand to hold.

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