Honey Bane has spent much of her life refusing to follow the path expected of her. Emerging during the first wave of British punk while still in her early teens, hers has been a story of fierce independence and creative evolution, moving through and beyond the music industry while never losing the impulse to write and create.
Now, with ‘My Beautiful Demon Inside’, out on November 13th via Caliban Sounds, Bane presents some of her most personal work to date: a raw, intimate examination of vulnerability, acceptance and the conflicting forces that reside within us. For Bane, the album can be distilled into the phrase emblazoned across its front cover: “Dissecting The Inner Landscapes Of The Self.”
At its centre is the idea that self-love comes not from denying the darker, contradictory parts of ourselves, but from accepting andintegrating them. It is something Bane addresses directly in writing about the album's title piece: “To do this we must trust ourselves, respect and love ourselves, and when this has been accomplished we become whole.”Rather than conquering orsuppressing our demons, ‘My Beautiful Demon Inside’ looks towards finding a way to live with them, drawing together thoseseemingly opposing parts of the self.
Bane's writing has always been instinctive, something closer to an impulse than a conscious process of composition.“What I can'tfully explain is how the poetry arrives,” she says.“They always come in inspired flows, and the speed at which they flow out of meis hard for even me to fathom.”
