The best music is often driven by personal experience. As they say, it is always better to write about what you know. “Anna,” the new single from Logan Taylor, comes from exactly such a place.
Lyrically, the song explores the heartbreak and conflicting thoughts following the breakup of a relationship with someone who was never truly yours. It’s not quite a case of unrequited love, but it certainly addresses those complex thoughts of losing someone who was never as committed as you were to your situation. Someone who perhaps needs more than one special person in their life.
Such a haunted scenario requires suitably evocative music and, to this end, Taylor weaves threads of soft rock and folky finesse, delicate acoustica, and beguiling blues together over a tumbling percussive beat to create the required backdrop of pathos and poignancy.
It’s a song of many sonic parts—sultry and seductive vocal deliveries, haunting sonic landscapes, traditional narrative deliveries, forward-thinking creativity, heart-aching music, personal yet relatable lyrics, and a hushed and hazy vibe.
Logan Taylor’s ability to explore complex emotions via deeply moving music is precisely why her sonic star continues to rise.
