This is a rather lovely and heartfelt track from The Joshua Hotel, who BM has no real info about, aside from the fact that TJH is the moniker of one Jason Shaw (formerly of Inverness act Lional – Ed).
The track goes along at mid pace, channelling maybe Doves or even early Talk Talk in the introspection and synth backing – there are also some other ’80s tropes in here, from The Psychedelic Furs to The Blue Nile – the lyrics are slightly self-pitying but with hooks like this, who cares!
There are references to “miserable thoughts” and possibly stalking an ex – on the strength of this TJH has better things to do, and BM really hopes he will give us some live gigs on 2022, plague issues permitting, of course…