Song Spotlight: Brookelen's moon (a night at The Fable)

Brookelen (moniker for Brooke Tannehill) recently played The Fable for a Ryan Pollie showcase night. I first crossed paths with her in December 2024. Coincidentally, it was at another Ryan Pollie showcase at The Fable. Since then, I've learned that she's one of the more collaborative musicians in Los Angeles. In 2025, I crossed paths with her via Lower Merion (read about that night here) and We Shrunk. Lower Merion is a project that includes Ryan Pollie. Then in 2026, she popped up as the lead singer for Host Family for an El Cid set (read about that night here).  

Brookelen at The Fable

Back in 2024, I did a Q&A with her after her The Fable set and I think this is an informative and fun part of the Q&A to include here.

Question: Other than Los Angeles, where could you see yourself living/playing music and why?

Answer: I grew up a military brat, upheaving my life often and moving frequently throughout my childhood. I could adapt and live anywhere but I love the lifestyle / weather / freedom I have in LA. I would live in Paris again, if I could fuck off and record an album in Paris for a few months I would do it. But LA over NYC any day. I'm honestly ready to tour a lot and have LA as a home base (ideal).

Brookelen at The Fable

Back to current day, her setlist at The Fable was a mix of songs off her 2025 EP going going gone and new material that will no doubt be released soon enough (hopefully). One of her new songs (the title name was not mentioned) was a rocker banger with perfect vocal screams. I would make it the song spotlight, but it is not yet released. Perhaps I'll be doing another song spotlight in 2027. 

Brookelen at The Fable

Until that release date, I'm going with "moon" as the song spotlight, which is from going going gone. Based on an Instagram post, it is a song about personal forgiveness and surrender.

Open up the tomb

Resurrect the truth

The song's lyrics are brief lines of poetry. I think it was a favorite of The Fable crowd as they responded with cheers to the vocal punches that adding her personal feelings behind the lyrics. For the song, a band mate switched from guitar to cello. With the song title being "moon," it infused a celestial touch.

Brookelen at The Fable

Partial Setlist: for the birds, moon, shadow, heaven’s sake.