I really like the smooth sound of the indie rock group Chief Springs, based in Leicester and London. The music from their 2003 EP Time to Take Time is superb, and it was the glistening, expansive opening track Elastic that first captivated me. I listen to it regularly, and it remains one of my favourite indie rock tracks of this century.
Today’s track, Upping is more subtle and laid-back than its predecessor, but that doesn’t make it any less arresting by the end. Sometimes I wonder if I’m hearing things, since these two songs have just 132 views and 38 views respectively.
Upping draws you in unsuspectingly, with its lush, gentle strumming and the lead vocalist Josh Coyne’s alluring baritone. The song coalesces instrumentally near the end where it shimmers like a dewy leaf in the early morning sun.
Upping is simply sweet – amiably romantic and thoughtful, yet quietly and melodically charming. Josh sings to his loved one with a quiet sense of devotion, ready to follow her wherever life might lead:
“Well I could move off this rock with you, build a house on the moon.
Make a state upon that star too, wait for the space plants to bloom.
Well I could fill a new home with you down on the bed of the sea.
Forge a life under ocean blue, cheap but it’s harder to breathe.
If I’m to do nothing, it’ll be with you.
Don’t see it as running, but a thing to do.”
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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