"Love" by Euan Blackman
Review
Out today for Valentine's Day is a new Euan Blackman song called simply & appropriately "Love".
If you are interested in Euan's work then on this occasion you need to head over to his Soundcloud page as it's exclusive to that platform: a gift for his fans.
Written over Christmas and utilising "the old family piano" at his parents' house, this modestly released and self described track is actually up there with his best in my opinion.
Utilising his skill at underplaying emotions & keeping the arrangement simple and unpretentious, he strips away potential layers of unnecessary augmentation of composition and production to present us with a beautiful little gem.
Just as Christmas singles tend to fill the reviewer with foreboding of the festive cliches of words & arrangements, so do (in their own way) Valentine's songs. Beware of platitudes & hideously worn out phrasings.
Not so "Love": it's fresh & charmingly unassuming yet obviously sincere & expressed with originality.
Conceivably Euan isn't keen on wearing his heart too openly on his sleeve, but in all honesty it deserves more exposure than its creator seems inclined to afford it.
Pop over and have a listen and hopefully you'll hear what I hear
