Deep down, I always felt that this was my dream, and my true path,Noeline Hofmannsays.

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She wrote it a year ago after spending a summer playing small bars on a regional music circuit.

Noeline Hofman, Purple Gas

Canadian songwriter Noeline Hofmann will release her debut EP, ‘Purple Gas,’ on Oct. 4.Christian Heckle*

I wrote that song almost exactly a year later to the day from when I left that job.

I was just feeling real sentimental and reflecting.

In that moment, I just dropped my phone.

It capped a run in which she became fast friends with the in-demand Flores.

Charley Crockett is a hero of mine.

The prospect of playing with Crockett brought at least one song to life that made it ontoPurple Gas.

Its a little bit of a tongue-in-cheek self-introduction, Hofmann says.

Its about knowing youre walking around with a loaded gun, but being overlooked and underestimated.

Its a cant stop, wont stop fight song.

And I wrote it because I wanted energy.

I wanted a country banger in the setlist.

I was never trying to play the social media game.

The fact that this all happened for me is beyond my understanding.