There I Go Once more is Morgan Paros hymn to life, dying and love.

Morgan Paros – ‘There I Go Once more’

‘I skinned each my knees for the primary time, I bled all the best way dwelling whereas crying’ is the road that opens ‘There I Go Once more’ by Morgan Paros. Don’t fear – this refers to a childhood reminiscence, and no knees had been harmed within the making of this music. However it’s the type of vivid nostalgic imagery that this observe is stuffed with. 

Morgan Paros is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based mostly in Los Angeles. She’s no beginner, with a powerful CV as a session musician and arranger for the likes of Lauv and Shawn Mendes, however now her personal phrases and music is beginning to take centre stage.

‘There I Go Once more’ is a euphoric and bittersweet indie-pop anthem impressed by grief, but devoted to life.

The music was written after the dying of Paros’ grandmother, and the non-public particulars ache via. There’s a whole lot of stunning imagery within the lyrics as Paros considers her previous – ‘I lifted barbells with my father’ – her current – ‘now I’ve bought a TV in my pocket’ – and the way they collide as she’s ‘caught between my reminiscences and the life that’s occurred since’. Her melodies are pure and insistent, and delivered in assured vocals. 

The manufacturing is stuffed with surprises, starting with thrumming piano chords and Imogen Heap-style vocal concord layering earlier than the second verse instantly bursts into motion with crashing drums, bass and brass. The association rises and falls in surprising locations, giving the observe character. Followers of Maggie Rogers and Florence Welch will discover one thing to get pleasure from right here, it’s some traditional singer-songwriter fare. 

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