This weekend saw Nashville-based artist girlhouse announce the news of her brand new extended player entitled 'the girlhouse EP', coinciding with her latest single loaded gun. With its infectious melodies and uplifting nature it's easy to forget it's a track that was born through trauma and self-forgiveness yet Lauren Luiz has a brilliant way with creating a spark of hope through her driving sound and wholesome embodiment. Speaking about the new EP, she said, "This EP follows my story of landing in LA and finding out exactly how ignorant I was to the real world; whether that be relationships, men in general, career, sex, friendships, or battling mental illness and dealing with trauma, it all felt new to me." Adding about the new single, ‘loaded gun’, "The last single before the EP, loaded gun is about inherited trauma and the bummer of becoming everything you said you never would. I feel like forgiving people from your past for abuse or neglect that happened to you when you were young and vulnerable is SO important to start forgiving yourself, this song is a moment when I recognized inherited bad behaviour and wanting to take control of my future". Take a listen for yourselves below.