Single Review - Better Days - Backwoods Creek

 

Despite all living in different places, the Creeker boys have kept on making music during lockdown and have released a series of videos of them performing covers of some quite diverse songs.  The great thing about these videos is that they show the contribution that each individual member of the band makes – a good reminder of everyone’s musical skill and showmanship in case you are normally focussed on just one or two of the boys. These lockdown performances have also helped to showcase that Backwoods Creek performance style – they are hardly the shy and retiring type but always ready to make you sing, laugh and cry!

Regardless of the quality of the covers they perform, it is refreshing to hear new music coming from the Creek Cave, and this Friday we are treated to their new single Better Days. 

As the title itself suggests, this is all those people reminiscing about the world before the pandemic hit, the better days. The quintet hope that the song will become a unifying singalong anthem.

Better Days tells a deep story of hardship and overcoming, ending with an uplifting & very relevant sentiment "I’ll see you again” Reflecting on choices made and steps taken, our storyteller wants to be taken back to when things were different, back to better days. It has a feel of looking backwards to look forward.

The pounding drums, the almost fanfare of combined instruments before Jamie’s gruff vocals and long notes define it as a Backwoods Creek song. This song leans more towards rock.

It’s loud with punchy statements that you cannot argue with. The dramatic instrumental section after Jamie’s long note,  leads to a softer vocal that creates a picture of the day, with the rain and the smoke, it is depressing and a good comparison to our storyteller’s and our hopes for the future.

The last quivering note from the electric guitar (Yannick) will not  let you walk away feeling blue, it will fire you up to take on the challenges and get through the next however long, or at least to their next release.

Better Days, the new single from Backwoods Creek is available now to download and stream on all major platforms

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