But of course it was - and an exceedingly popular one at that becoming his first (and, improbably, his only) No. Like the earlier decade’s “Let It Be” or “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Withers’ signature ballad has taken on such near-hymnal significance and transcendence over the decades that it’s almost impossible to imagine it ever being a contemporary pop song. Withers was a master of repetition, of finding the perfect phrase and not letting you forget it, and this song contains one of his toughest: “Maybe the lateness of the hour/Makes me seem bluer than I am.” Nope. Still, like the title says, he hopes she’ll be happier with her new guy. “ I never thought that she really would leave me/But she’s gone” - as concise a summary of post-relationship shock as anything in the English language. Jones), Withers sings with a stretched-thin voice about how his girl no longer wants to see him. Over guitar and organ (played by Booker T. One of the most devastating songs ever, made all the more vulnerable because of Withers’ conviction. “Hope She’ll Be Happier” ( Just As I Am, 1971) In a scant two minutes of acoustic blues reverie, Withers paints a detailed, nuanced portrait of a woman’s entire life – the quiet hardships, the tough benevolence – and how it fit into her community without ever describing anything other than her hands. It’s so gorgeously melancholy in its low-key wistfulness that you almost don’t realize he’s repeating the words “I know” over and over until he’s d–n near close to the 26th time. Like Withers himself, his debut single, 1971’s “Ain’t No Sunshine” was a gentle masterpiece that quietly pioneered a new breed of R&B, melding sparse blues-folk rhythms with lush, soulful strings. “Ain’t No Sunshine” ( Just As I Am, 1971) Withers doesn’t hold back either, detailing the best and worst the titular New York neighborhood has to offer - including brutal summers (“Too hot to sleep, too hot to eat/ I don’t care if I die or not!”) and bad politics (“Our crooked delegation/ Wants a donation”), but also some pretty happening Saturday nights (“You can really swing and shake your pretty thing”). The first track on Bill Withers’ first album comes out swinging, with a slow-build acoustic shuffle that builds into a string-laden, frenzied stomp by song’s end. Here are our picks for Bill Withers’ 15 all-time greatest songs. Overgrown is out 28 October. View the artwork below.Britney Spears Says She's 'Just Playing Around in the Studio' With 'Feel It Still' Dance Video She loved it too, and a lot of the elements from that image were reworked into the final album cover." "We immediately sent it over to our genius designer Annie Walter (who also did Gardens and all of our other stuff).
One of the images from that was just so close to being what we wanted," Sam explains. "We plugged the first four lines of the the song 'Overgrown' as a prompt. After spending time "making inspo boards and talking about colour palettes" to convey the story and feel of the album through artwork, Sam says the band started toying with AI generated imaging. In a first for the band, the artwork for Overgrown was partly designed through Artificial Intelligence (that was a cut above your DALL-E meme generators). That’s important for us, to be assessing ourselves and where we are in life: doing the right things, moving in the right direction.” "The idea that you never rest on your laurels with where you’re at.
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This album feels like it's us figuring out how to do the mid-twenties." " Gardens felt like it was us trying to figure out our early twenties. "We decided to call it Overgrown because it felt like a sequel to Gardens," says Sam.
Recorded with WA producer Dave Parkin (Spacey Jane, Tired Lion, South Summit), Sly Withers say their third album is a spiritual successor to Gardens, both sonically and thematically. Sat 10 December - Astor Theatre: Whadjuk Noongar, Perth.Sat 26 November - Darwin Railway Club: Larrakia Country, Darwin.Sat 19 November - Uni Bar: muwinina, Hobart.Fri 18 November - Northcote Theatre: Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, Melbourne.Sat 12 November - Princess Theatre: Meanjin, Brisbane.Fri 11 November - Metro Theatre: Gadigal Land, Sydney.Thur 10 November - UC Hub: Ngunnawal, Canberra.Fri 4 November - The Gov: Kaurna, Adelaide.Sly Withers Overgrown 2022 Australian tour It's certainly gonna sound great played loud in theatres and venues around the country.Ĭatch Sly Withers showing off new material from Overgrown in capital cities from November. View the dates below and more info at. Loading Getting its first play anywhere on triple j Drive, Jono and Sam from Sly Withers say the song is "one that felt the most energetic and almost frantic of all the tracks that ended up on the record."
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