With Making Coffee, Sonnen Blume delivers a beautifully crafted and emotionally rich single that captures the quiet ache of memory, love, and time passing. Written in 2022 in a shed in Girvan, South West Scotland, and later recorded in Staffordshire, England, the song carries with it both the stillness of reflection and the freshness of rediscovery. It feels like a moment suspended between past and present — familiar yet new every time you hear it.
Sonnen Blume, an emerging pop artist from Staffordshire, has been steadily developing their distinctive sound over the past decade. Their music draws from an eclectic mix of influences including Angel Olsen, Paolo Nutini, Lou Reed, Sharon Van Etten, and Beach House. These influences come together seamlessly in Making Coffee, creating a sound that balances dream-pop atmosphere with heartfelt singer-songwriter intimacy.
At its core, Making Coffee is a meditation on nostalgia — a quiet recollection of love once felt and moments that still linger in the smallest of daily rituals. The lyrics are tender without being sentimental, evoking that universal feeling of looking back and realizing how much time changes us while certain memories never fade. Sonnen Blume describes it as revisiting a relationship from years ago — the warmth, the loss, and the echoes that remain in simple actions like making coffee or hearing a familiar tune.
Musically, the track unfolds like a soft morning light filtering through an old window. The arrangement is understated yet cinematic, carried by a gentle rhythm, airy synths, and expressive vocals that capture both vulnerability and grace. There’s a subtle ‘80s flair woven into the production, adding to its dreamlike atmosphere, while the melody stays grounded in genuine emotion. This blend of melancholy and uplift — a hallmark of Sonnen Blume’s style — makes the song both comforting and bittersweet.
What makes Making Coffee truly special is its sincerity. The recording process was intentionally relaxed and organic, prioritizing emotional honesty over technical perfection. You can feel that in every note. It’s not a song trying to impress — it’s a song trying to connect. That authenticity gives it a rare intimacy, as though the artist is inviting listeners into a private moment of reflection.
The storytelling also reveals Sonnen Blume’s poetic sensibility, reminiscent of Lou Reed’s raw simplicity and Angel Olsen’s confessional tone. Yet, despite its influences, Making Coffee stands on its own as a unique and contemporary work. It’s the kind of song that quietly stays with you — the one you might find yourself humming while actually making your morning coffee, realizing it’s stirred up an old memory you didn’t know still lingered.
As Sonnen Blume prepares for a series of intimate live performances around Manchester and nearby areas, this single sets the stage perfectly. It showcases not only the artist’s lyrical depth and emotional range but also their growing ability to create soundscapes that feel timeless.
Ultimately, Making Coffee is more than a song — it’s a gentle reminder of the beauty that exists in reflection, and the joy that can be found even in moments of loss. It’s cinematic, heartfelt, and quietly powerful — a perfect companion for late nights, early mornings, and everything in between.
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