The final single release from the West of Scotland-based singer’s album ‘Present Tense’, this is a very personal and moving track.
Wallace’s voice really soars in this one, produced by the great team at Novasound. The lyrics cover self-doubt, life-changes and motherhood, among other things. The metaphor of a swan, trying to be serene but struggling underneath, gives the track its traction, and the melody fair flies…
Instrumentation is subtle – acoustic guitar, a wee bit of electronic percussion and piano – very classy but that’s not the point. It is a great piece of confessional songwriting which, along with the rest of the album, cements her as one of the best solo artists of these times, bar none…