This edition of LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks takes on all that is lost, longing to be found, and broken featuring Oaken Lee, Earl Patrick, Robin James Hurt and more!
1. Oaken Lee - Where Now?
‘Where Now’ by Oaken Lee begins with an energetic chant leading us to a warm, soft acoustic guitar melody. Its mood feels heady and almost spiritual, pulling us through its calm soundscape with chill melodies that quietly bring us to a pretty daunting realisation.
The song’s lyrics tell of a narrator who began a sceptic, being led towards a silent epiphany. “...Now I see…no plan, no planet B…”. “...So, where now?...”.Its melodies and lines are soft yet heavy with this heady realisation.
The soft warm melodies of ‘Where Now’ engulf us then with a charged air, making the track a vibrant listen.
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2. Robin James Hurt - Take Me Home
‘Take Me Home’ by Robin James Hurt is charged with this lively air, building with stomping percussion and kinetic guitars. The narrator yearns for home after a long stint away, yearning for a familiar warmth only a place like home can bring.
At its climax, fiddle and guitar mingle to create a burst of bright warmth, all that our narrator wants and is longing to come back to. Instruments and vocals pour in to immerse the listener into a mood that is as familiar as its sound is whole.
“...I’m done with working on a foreign shore…
…Take me home….”.
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3. Downtown Patriots - Mother’s Arms
‘Mother’s Arms’ by Downtown Patriots tells a heartfelt story that’s layered in perspective and gentle guitar-led melodies. Stemming from longing for the familiar, the song tells the story of a mother waiting for her son, a soldier who’s gone off and war and another of a soldier who longs for his wife (home) from war.
Both “....stand on the edge of love…”, longing for their loved ones to come back to them. They long for the sense of home, love, peace and life returning to that stasis would bring them.
“...Bring him back to his mother’s arms…”, back to familiarity.
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4. Earl Patrick - House Carpenter
‘House Carpenter’ by Earl Patrick juxtaposes bright, loud guitar melodies with a building narrative that ends with a quiet, heart-wrenching twist. Its soundscape sets a running pace, while it tells its tale of love left and found.
Our narrator comes back to find his lover married to someone else. He urges her to run away with him and she agrees in a flurry, leaving her three young children behind. When the longing for her children becomes almost unbearable, the couple reconsiders, only to be met with a cuel twist of fate.
The song, so far quick-paced, slows down. Sombre.
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5. My Turning Point - The Eulogy
‘The Eulogy’ by My Turning Point carries a solid, somber sense of grief, found at the end of a story and the cusp of a new beginning. The piano-led track feels heavy in pain, processing the loss of something being taken and torn apart.
The song becomes a heartfelt tribute to love lost, “...bonded by pain…”. A bond severed with a sombre sense of emptiness. It attempts to end on a note of acceptance, taking the pain in stride.
“...I’m trying to breathe but I’m choking on your name…
…Some things are not meant to be,
This is our eulogy…”.
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