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Songs We Love: Palehound, 'Flowing Over'

Ellen Kempner documents grief on a buzzing new song and collaborates with the Boston League of Women Wrestlers for the video.
Ellen Kempner gets tackled in a video for Palehound's "Flowing Over."

The death of a loved one is an inevitable aspect of life for everyone, but we're never quite prepared for it. Whether it's unforeseen or expected, it's always a shock that can send us reeling when it happens. Ellen Kempner, the Boston-based songwriter and guitarist of , understands this firsthand. In relatively close succession last year, Kempner experienced the sudden death of one of her close friends and, later, the decline

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