Music doesn’t have to be overly complex. Neither does it have to be lyrically overwrought. Sometimes, (cliche alert) less is more. And by less, I don’t mean simple, I mean spacious, well-edited, and able to breathe. And that is an approach we find at work in the latest one from The Hill.
“See You There” runs on a steady beat, a countrified guitar twang, and a few additional melodic touches, namely a swooning pedal steel guitar and a sweeping violin. And even these are arranged so you can see the light shining through, making it a breezy and buoyant, gently infectious indie-folk affair.
And lyrically too, the message is both simple and left open to interpretation, Jon Kowit’s vocals fondly talking about the dreams of the drifter, the joy of the freedom of the road, perhaps thinking of a friend who was always restless and destined to follow their wanderlust to…well, who knows where…. that, after all is the whole point. As a wise man once said, it is better to travel well than to arrive. For some people, it is about the journey, not the destination.
“See You There” comes ahead of a new album Noble Station and sees Jon working once again with steel guitar/ multi-instrumentalist Mike “Slo Mo” Brenner, a collaboration which begin with him playing on just one song a few years back and has now spawned two albums with him not only playing but producing.
I guess you just know when you have found a kindred spirit.
“See You There” is out on 16th May with Noble Station dropping in July.
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