by Oliver Bouchard | June 25, 2025

"Maybe I killed my ego one too many times." This line sets the mood of "The Messenger", before Kirsten Izer lets it evolve from a quiet, acoustic beginning into an epic pop song. The track is the closer of her debut EP The Perfect Hire, out now.

Kirsten is originally from New Jersey, but like so many aspiring musicians, she moved to LA with a stop in New York City. She says about the EP:

“The Perfect Hire EP started out as a collection of songs that explore the inadequacy I’ve felt throughout my life, whether it was maximized by relationships with others or myself. If you wanted to simplify it, you could say it’s a collection of songs that are loosely about both love and heartbreak. “