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Photo via Facebook We've been waiting impatiently for an official song from Wyn & the White Light for what feels like forever at this point, but our lack of patience has finally paid off with the band's debut single. "How the West Was Won" starts off in a very Wyn Doran way with the line "There's a heartbeat in the floorboard," and then slowly takes off into a beautiful and engaging folk-pop/alt-rock song. For a song by Doran, it's shockingly uplifting (if you're new to her music, there is a typical melancholia with most of her songs). There might be more than a little darkness in the song, but the chorus nearly eradicates that. And then there's the screaming. It's almost like the kind of screaming you'd hear standing outside of a haunted house, but it adds to the song perfectly. Wyn & the White Light had us highly anticipating new music, and now we're more than intrigued to hear more! You can listen to "How the West ...

Nashua, NH's Wyn Doran has released her 2022 submission for this year's NPR Tiny Desk contest in the form of a new song, "How the West Was Won." At this point the song is just Doran and her acoustic guitar. It's a lovely song that is much more complicated than your average singer/songwriter acoustic song tends to be. As with any song from this artist, the focus is her voice and songwriting. We always tend to joke about all of her songs being depressing, and I'm not going to say it isn't. The first verse ends with the lyric "Are we ever gonna find it? (We ain't ever gonna find it)." But... there is something hopeful about this one. Doran lets a little ray of light in throughout "How the West Was Won," which could just be my imagination, but I like to think that I hear it. You can watch the video for "How the West Was Won" below. For more on Wyn Doran, check out the artist's website .