#409
Pat Dam Smyth – Running (Acoustic)
Thursday 19th January 2017
They say: “It’s a simple break up song. No heroes, no winners. It’s just the end of something. No one thing ends the relationship - just time and the changes that slowly happen. But we manage to survive and look for something new. We always keep running.
I wrote this song with Chris McComish a while back. It doesn’t feature on the new album (which Chris co-wrote and produced with Dougal Lott of Alabama Shakes) as the new album has a whole theme of which the songs were based around.
I recorded Running at 50:50 Studios in London with Chris Sheehan. The piano there is a beauty. Baby Grand. Could have sat there all day.”
We say: “It’s the honesty and simplicity within this song that really took us here at team ATL. The rich but fragile tones of the piano combining with Pat’s sincere and seemingly affected lyrics really brings this to another level, one where you slow down in your day just to appreciate how the sparse nature of this track makes it even more powerful.”
Running is available to download for free along with the acoustic version of Miami and Pat plays the Servant Jazz Quarter in London on Feb 6th.
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