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Blank Instrument, the pen name for Boorloo/Perth-based singer-songwriter Kim Franklin, announces her second single of 2026, ’Green and Blue’, set for release Friday, August 7. Following the June release of the single ‘Brand New’, ‘Green and Blue’ is the second single from her upcoming debut album, ‘Jumping at Ghosts’, due later this year.
‘Green and Blue’ continues to expand the world within ‘Jumping at Ghosts’, acknowledging her late friend Julie while finding solace in recognising the need for emotional respite. The piano-fronted ballad encompasses the feeling of escape, both physical and emotional, with the song’s warm, lulling tones that encourage reflection and emotional openness.
‘Jumping at Ghosts’ is the product of Franklin's emotional vulnerability and Julie's immense generosity prior to her passing in 2023. Julie and Kim Franklin, long-time friends, brought together by work and sewn together by their mutual love of music, storytelling, and conversation, remained close after moving on to different careers, emphasising the connection between the two women. Prior to her passing, Julie bestowed a gift to Franklin, leaving her some money so Franklin could “pursue her dreams”, a gift that led to the funding of ‘Jumping at Ghosts’, Blank Instrument’s debut album.
Written during a visit to Byron Bay in the months following Julie’s passing, coinciding with what would have been Julie’s birthday, ‘Green and Blue’ weaves warm piano with a mantra of finding escape and “waiting in the blue” for the motions to come to you, accepting what is and what is to come.
The track, harmonious and inviting, encapsulates the need for respite and finding emotional clarity, using the picturesque locale of Byron Bay’s grassy coast and rolling waves as motifs for reaching understanding and realigning your beliefs of the world.
“Taking the coast road, city streets, a distant memory… Bare feet on a bush track… feel my tension ebb away, each step I’m whole again… my soul is at ease”
Blending strapping drums, swelling synths, piano, organ, and both acoustic and electric guitars, ‘Green and Blue’ is a full-bodied yet plaintive folk ballad that harnesses nostalgia.
Reflecting on the song, written while mourning her friend, Franklin describes ‘Green and Blue’ as a testament to finding solace and embracing life's necessary moments of pause:
“Whenever I feel worried or overwhelmed, my instinct is to literally run for the hills (the bush)... [In Byron] I rounded the corner and looked down from the cliff to see all these surfers just ‘waiting in the blue’. While working on this album, I feel like it was trying to teach me something about being in the present moment, not rushing to the end and allowing the process to unfold.”
Capturing reflection, understanding and acceptance, ‘Green and Blue’ arrives Friday, August 7 as the second single from Blank Instrument's forthcoming debut album, ‘Jumping at Ghosts’, due later this year.
