![]() ![]() It had fallen a long time ago and lay sprawled out across the top of a hill – a big pile of glorious, sun-warmed limbs. However, what I will say is that Indigo was loosely inspired by an old tree in the village I grew up in, Alvechurch. I can’t help but feel that explaining songs is a little like a magician giving away his tricks. I sometimes wonder whether it’s better not to tell people what songs are about, as one of the things I like most about performing music is knowing that everyone listening will make their own interpretations and relate it to their own experiences and circumstances. ![]() I have remembered why I wrote them and what I was trying to portray. I suppose what I am trying to say, is that Indigo went from being a song that I really didn’t care much for and was quite ready to put on the if-I-have-time-to-fill-in-a-long-set pile, to one that has become a favourite.Įven the abstract, dreamy lyrics sit better with me now. My favourite part of recording is adding harmonies, and I had a really great time with this one layering up the vocals little by little until the final, jubilant chorus. The drums gave it a new drive and hypnotic rhythm, whilst the strings helped it swell and build to a new climax. It went from being the slightly quavery song I would use to open my set and settle my nerves to suddenly being reborn with a new delicate power that came as a complete surprise. However, one of the greatest things about going into the studio for the first time, and with very few expectations, is the chance to experiment with your sound, try different things, and breathe new life into old songs – and that’s exactly what happened with Indigo. It dwells quite heavily on natural and mystical imagery, which was something I had grown accustomed to when listening to old folk music as a child, but something I have moved away from a little more as I’ve grown older. ![]() I think the lyrics betray how young I was when I wrote it too. It’s not that I didn’t like it, I suppose it’s just easy to get bored of songs you sing a lot, and as I have been opening my sets with Indigo for the past few years, it had lost some of its spark for me. When I first went into the studio to try and record some of these tracks (something I’ll perhaps share more about at a later date), Indigo was one of the songs that I didn’t really have any great hope for. Indigo is actually one of my oldest songs – I can’t remember exactly when I wrote it, but I can’t have been more than 16 or 17. I’ve been debating what to write about here, but as it has been just under a month since I announced my upcoming debut album, ‘The Eternal Rocks Beneath’ and released the first single, ‘Indigo’, it seemed fitting to share some reflections on what the last few weeks have involved, as well as a little more about the song itself and the release process. ![]()
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