“‘Wash’ is a plea to people who want to rediscover what makes them happy and unique.” Amen to that, brother! It does seem that as the world moves on, as we become more connected and therefore more influenced by what others think, there is a homogenization of the human condition at work, a pressure to toe the fashionable line, to follow the latest fleeting fad or fickle zeitgeist others seek to impose on our lives.
‘Wash,’ therefore, is a simple reminder to be yourself and to remember what makes you happy, and, in doing so, reclaim who you are, side-step the tags and labels, and just do you. After all, it is something that you can do better than anyone else. And if that message feels like a much-needed sentiment in today’s dictated, dark world, sonically, the song is also a welcome addition to today’s often equally unadventurous music scene.Walking a line that runs between the singer-songwriter sound and the richer band experience, the lush indie soundscape at its most cinematic and the more robust drives of rock and roll, ‘Wash’ is a song that is smart enough to find favour with the more discerning indie set as easily as it will the more chart minded pop pickers – the perfect blend of cultish and cool and, in an ideal world, commercial.
