Portions for Foxes: Amy Bezunartea

"Portions for Foxes" is a series of weekly posts, each about one song by a woman or a band led by a woman. See the introduction for more.

I know almost nothing about Amy Bezunartea. I heard this song - it was a free MP3 as a giveaway for promo, somewhere - and I bought the record because of it. That was 2010; I hope she's still out there, somewhere, making music or whatever, but I really don't know.

I do know this song is lovely and real, quietly beautiful and heartbreaking in its low-key, matter-of-fact way. That's more than enough.

The song is Doubles. It's a quiet singer-songwriter piece about working hard and not getting much of anywhere, from an album all about that kind of work.

Some girls they glow in darkness but by our standards that's not much
Some girls they'd like to win but instead they'll serve you lunch

Bezunartea sings it all with a quiet, pure voice - not quite celebrating, not quite lamenting, just stating that this is how it is, even if it's not the way they want it to be. It's tough, but it's life. That will be enough, if only because it has to be enough.

My baby, she works doubles
I can't help her with her troubles
I've got my own, but we're not alone
We're not alone

It's slow and contemplative, quiet and ruminative, poignant and true. It's lovely and real, and I hope Bezunartea has been doing things equally lovely and real, in music or whatever else, since then.