Scottish based singer
songwriter Scott Ashworth has been busy recording his debut album, and he has
also been busy doing some reflecting. One song didn’t quite fit the album, so
Scott has decided to release it as a standalone single, fittingly on the 13th
anniversary of an important change that he made in his own life.
Written from the point of
view of a man looking back at his (mostly poor) decisions Weight Of My Sins
is about the storyteller choosing a path and facing up to his previous choices.
The song is very much in the
traditional Country style and has you hanging on to see what the outcome
is. For both musical style and
narrative, think “Ode To Billie Joe” but with a with a strong guitar line
provided by Barry Frame all the way through.
Lyrically, the imagery is spot on, the lessons are there albeit subtly
rather than preaching and some of the lines are frankly superb. Squeezing in a comparison between a chapel
with its welcoming sign and a dive bar whose sign instead reads
fifty
types of whisky and beer
Its not a foot stomping
song, but like a good book you will find yourself invested in finding out what
happens to our “hero” as he struggles with the devil and the angel whispering
in his ear.
If you want to know what
happens, whether he chooses to
be the
man I could be or the man I’ve been for years
you’ll have to download or
stream the song!
Well written, with a story
and a message wrapped up in a guitar led song, Weight Of My Sins is
everything a country song should be! We
can’t wait to hear what the album – Ghosts and Broken Men – will deliver.
Weight of My Sins, the new
single from Scott Ashworth is released on 27 March.
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