Palehound’s Ellen Kempner is learning to mend physical insecurities that have burdened her for years. The band’s new single, “Worthy,” finds Kempner at a crossroads in a relationship hampered by her own self-doubt. Over acoustic strums, she details her troubles to a lover who, to her surprise, views her as virtually perfect. “I think I hate my body ’til it’s next to yours,” she sings, allowing her featherlight murmur and unreserved emotionality to construct a similar closeness. She lays out her apprehension in poignant detail: “And I’ve won over your mother, darling/And I’ve won over your sister, too/And I won over your father, darling/And I still don’t feel worthy of you.” Yet “Worthy” simultaneously evokes a subtle reassurance. The love of others doesn’t necessarily correlate to love for oneself, but the journey to self-love doesn’t always have to be made alone.