Single Review - Delete It - Eleri Angharad

Lockdown has had a range of effects on people.  For many it will have led to more time staring at screens, social media and chat apps.  Sometimes it can be difficult to get the right meaning into a text message, sometimes you are staring at those three dots wondering what is being typed.

And sometimes you are just not sure of you should send the message at all.

Deciding whether to hit send or not is the underlying theme of the new song Delete It from Eleri Angharad – and the title give you a clue as to what her decision was.

Musically the song is dominated by the piano that you can almost sense Eleri sitting at as she pours out her heart, accompanied by a sold drum beat and a guitar that soars in and out.  Vocally, Eleri has quite a unique sound to her voice, changing between the airy, folky sound of the chorus and strong singing of the verse.

The repetition of “I love you I delete it” in the latter part of the song serves well to give the image of someone constantly typing and deleting on their phone, over and over.  The message “I love you” is causing our storyteller quite some concern.  She loves him, but does he love her?  Should she say it?  Should she say it by text?

Or just delete it.

Ending on “I delete it” it is up to you as the listener to decide what happens next.  Does she delete it for good, or type it again, and again, and again?  It’s a new take on declarations of love and perhaps reflects the modern world that is full of ways to communicate with each other but lacking in actual communication.

Delete It has a slight 90s pop country vibe to it, but Eleri certainly makes her own mark on the style.  

As well as her own music, you can catch up with Eleri as she launches the third season of her livestreams, collaborating with other artistes in her Eleri’s Sunday Sessions.  As this song is the result if a collaboration (with Write Like a Girl founder Beth Keeping) perhaps we can expect more new music from Eleri as a result.

Delete It, the new single from Eleri Angharad is available to stream and download from Friday 19 March.

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