The pleasant, warm energy of acoustic country and folk unfolds as this song begins, the guitars provide an immense wall of enjoyable and calming sound that is organic and real in every possible way. The leading vocal performance that follows is everything you may have hoped for and more.
The melody is superb, simple and effective, instantly memorable and of the kind that immediately has you attempting to sing along. Furthermore, the voice itself has such a raw and real sound about it, the tone is perfectly in keeping with the honest and emotional feel of the track on the whole. There is so much character in the voice, and yet the song itself is so accessible to everyone – any number of musicians or performers could take the track on after hearing this recording. The song builds and evolves in a subtle yet striking way, the feeling embedded in the music and the vocal performances passes over to you as you listen, and it really makes for a dramatic, emotional, yet soothing few minutes of music.
Instrumentally the song is very classic sounding, there is nothing experimental or overly trying to be something it’s not – it all just fits, and yet the song is so powerful in the way that it’s been written and the utterly unique sound of the leading voice, that it leaves it’s mark nonetheless, and it stands tall among its peers for a number of reasons. The harmonies add something else that is equally organic and live sounding, it builds further on this warmth and this feeling of togetherness that the song implies and highlights throughout. The ideas are of hope and promise, of oneness and trust, and it’s a real pleasure to listen a few times over and get a feel for the lyrics and the music.
By Rebecca Cullen
Rebecca is a Musician and writer from Manchester, UK, with an MA in Song Writing.
