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A track that kinda feels custom-built for deeper listening on a road trip or in a surf film, “STOP AND THINK” sees a thumping mix of grooving slide guitar chugs, Morpheus-like wisdom, driven by a building beat, before it erupts into a call-to-arms chorus, priming itself as an instant classic.
“STOP AND THINK” explodes with the frustration of feeling really over the bs of mainstream society, something many have come to experience in the past few years. Kaye blasts open the doors of limitation, riffing and roaring an invitation for the listener to feel a similar catharsis and just let it all go. On one hand it holds the tumultuousness we often feel in life, and on the other hand it holds the uplifting solution when the slide guitar wails and Kaye whispers “breathe.”
“When the lyrics and groove for this song came to me, I had just watched the government and media’s blatant veneration of violent conflict on the TV, yet in stark contrast, here I was sitting in a peaceful part of nature with my lapsteel slide guitar.”
A track that will indisputably have your toes tapping that features the type of rockin’ production of blues and roots journey masters such as Ben Harper and John Butler Trio, “STOP AND THINK” is an example of just how well multi-instrumentalist, Nathan Kaye is able to effortlessly capture uplifting emotion whilst delivering hard-hitting questions and challenges.
“I’m proud to say that we recorded this at an eco-friendly, solar-powered production studio deep in the rainforest’s of the Byron hinterland.”
If this the first glimpse from Kaye’s forthcoming LP titled, “Movement of Change”, then we are likely to see this guy’s music blasted out of passing cars and festival campsites in the coming months. It’ll have you spinning the tune on repeat doing push-ups on the beach on a sunny summer’s morning whilst singing at the top of your lungs.
lyrics
The act of terrorism
Cannot be solved
With an act of war
They cannot make a right
By doing the very thing
That they say that they deplore
Turn off your
TV
‘Cause it only
Feeds you
What they want you to
See
It’s our humanity
Only compassion
Will bring
True liberty
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop and think
Is this getting through? Is any of this shit
Making sense?
Or is Somnambulance so deeply set
That you’re still
Sitting on the fence
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop and think
Am I getting through
This perspicacity making sense
Or is intransigence so well ingrained
That you just jump into defence
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop it
Stop and think
The second EP from Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bea Stewart runs from gentle folk to pillowy pop ballads, all perfectly executed. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 15, 2024
