Neil March, Sherry Sahayaraj and Elena Trent are back with a track that’s got a real nice bounce to it! Following a great few months of live dates and extremely encouraging streaming numbers, as well as support from BBC Introducing and BBC Orbit you could call this a bit of a triumph.
The bassline starts off proceedings at a solid pace, it gives me an 80s synth vibe, then there’s a drum fill that brings in Elena’s flute and Neil’s keyboards, and off to the races we go.
Sherry’s voice is high and pleasant to listen to, and it sounds wistful about the person she’s singing about:
This is me, all shades of light
When you’re near, when you’re near
You take my world and put it to right
When you’re near, when you’re near.
The lyrics are simple and easy to remember, and helped along with the catchy melody, and what a melody too! You don’t often hear Neil March sing, but he provides the background harmony on this, and the overall effect is rich layers .I’m a sucker for harmonies as it is, so when you hear the contrast between his and Sherry’s voice they really complement each other.
Instrumentally Elena’s flute sits comfortably with Sherry’s voice playing the melody, as well as being used in a percussive sense in the chorus, but of course she gets her moment to shine as she plays a little solo at 2:34, over the top of an organ sound.
Overall, this song has such a sunny outlook to it, very playful a true love song that could apply to a friendship or to a relationship that’s just starting out, and is the perfect soundtrack for a summer romance.
They are about to go out and do some live dates and I can imagine this doing pretty well for them on stage!
