“It’s the love story we all want to live”
American Young have firmly
established themselves as favourites on the UK Country festival scene, not only
do they draw big crowds for their sets, but you also see their distinctive caps
at almost every concert in town!
We were sent their new single
ahead of their headline appearance at this week’s Buckle and Boots Festival, and
we’ve managed to keep from listening to it until now!
So, as part of our own personal build up to the festival, we are
listening to “Gonna Be You”
The new single is a true country
song in chapters, a repeated message with small changes - It’s the love story
we all want to live. Boy meets girl, girl leaves town, but they both knew all along its Gonna Be You
The song has a soft opening
with Kristy, the vocals then taken over by Jon with gentle instrumentation
behind the vocals., building as we head into the chorus. Jon and Kristy then
swap and combine vocals in the style used by Lady Antebellum, punctuating and emphasising
the emotion with the rising beat and power of the instruments
Telling the story of young love
that doesn’t quite work, but no matter the distance this pair are thinking about
each other, missing each other and realising that they can’t love anyone else,
that they have to be together one day, and forever. The song really carries us
along with them, the rhythm, the drums forming the heartbeat of the story and
of their relationship.
“I think ‘Gonna Be
You’ is a promise,” Jon says, “almost like, ‘I’m out here chasing my meaning in
life, and there’s no one I’m ready to be with; but when I am, it’s gonna be
you.’”
For Kristy the song serves as a compass. “Life takes us down so many winding roads in pursuit of our dreams,” she observes. “The farther away from home we get, the closer to home we are. Home is where my love is.”
For Kristy the song serves as a compass. “Life takes us down so many winding roads in pursuit of our dreams,” she observes. “The farther away from home we get, the closer to home we are. Home is where my love is.”
Of the two love stories I
have heard and reviewed this week, this one is my favourite.
If you are heading to any
festivals this year, and are choosing which bands to see, surely it is Gonna Be
American Young. Rik may find himself buying
a new cap too…
Gonna
Be You is the new single from American Young . Kristy and Jon will be headlining
the main stage at Buckle and Boots on Saturday night (25 May) from 10:30pm and
will return to the UK for Millport Festival on Sunday 1 September
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