For Denver-based singer-songwriter Sophie West, music has always been a form of survival, a way to process what words alone can’t hold. Her debut EP, Long Time Coming, condenses years of quiet transformation into three intimate chapters. Blending folk, blues, and Americana with her soulful storytelling, West delivers a body of work that feels both fragile and fearless, a reflection of change, loss, and rediscovery.
Born out of a chaotic period, the record traces the emotional map of a four-month road trip that reshaped her life. “I made this extreme decision to leave everything behind and live in my van and just travel,” she explains. “That trip ended up being one of the best things I’ve ever done.” What began as escape soon became healing, a movement toward self-understanding, captured in melody and memory.
Outrun My Mind opens the EP with cinematic momentum, embodying the uncertainty of departure. Just Once More brings warmth and forgiveness, its blend of soul and Americana glowing like headlights on an empty road. Finally, Note to Self closes the journey in quiet resolution, a piano-led moment of truth made luminous by a string quartet arrangement that West describes as “really special.”
Long Time Coming doesn’t strive for grandeur; its power lies in honesty. “Every song started as a journal entry,” she says, and that intimacy remains its compass. The EP unfolds not as a polished debut, but as a diary left open, vulnerable, unguarded, and deeply human. When announcing the release, West described the project as something she had carried for years, finally ready to share.