These LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks are all about remaining appreciative of what’s around you; featuring Graham Price Gift Shop, E.G. Phillips, and With Sun!
1. Graham Price Gift Shop – Cherish Love
The opening to Graham Price Gift Shop’s album, Love is Whys, Cherish Love is emotionally resonant, balancing on the line between simplicity and complexity. “Love is wise and love is real / Love is whys and love is real,” the song repeats, in its signature staccato delivery, amidst layers and layers of harmonies and funky instrumentals. Featuring Alexx Becker, Cherish Love sets the stage for the rest of the album’s stance on love: fundamental to our being, a force to reckon with, a space meant to be explored actively. The song bounces on at the same tempo and energy throughout, unbothered about needing to hold your attention – it knows it’s already got it.
2. E.G. Phillips – Nevada
Nevada is the kind of understated song you’d expect to hear live at an intimate, dimly-lit bar. It’s charming and complex under its deceptive straightforwardness, blending jazz with country, resulting in an amalgamation that’s light, airy, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. E.G. Phillips croons, “I don’t know what I think I’ll find there / I just know I need to go there / and lose myself in the desert / lose myself in Nevada,” in a way that makes you want to drop everything and do the same with him. With a playfulness that feels like a choice despite all that life can throw at you, it’s rustic and winsome, and definitely worth the listen!
3. With Sun – Shoebox
“I live in a shoebox flat / It ain’t much, but I’m okay with that / I’ve got all of my riches inside these four walls…”
So begins With Sun’s Shoebox. A song about modest living and finding wealth in places that aren’t material, it’s heart-touching with its lyrical simplicity, comforting rhythm, and string backing – the kind of song you’d expect in a Disney movie from the downtrodden yet eternally optimistic main character. Shoebox reminds you to come back to what’s really important in life, the things we forget when we’re chasing grand dreams: love, simplicity, and peace. Give it a listen here!
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