A New Single from Hilary Cousins Comes Through Warm and Honest
Hilary Cousins has a knack for creating music that has some depth to it. His latest single, "The Well" is absolutely no exception to that rule, as the artist delves into all different roads of life.
This is a track that tackles certain aspects of struggles, but really, it's about triumph. It's about being lost, but finding your way to a certain kind of home.
That home may be different for each listener, but it's a home all the same. The song focuses on how life takes you down different paths, how you deal with them, and how you move on. You may feel like you're lost, but you will find your way.
At times life can feel overwhelming. You may get taken down roads or paths that you don't feel like you chose for yourself, and maybe you didn't, but in the end there is an uplifting light at the end of the tunnel, which this song displays beautifully.
Again, this is how the song was interpreted by me. Others may interpret it slightly differently than I did, but I think that's part of the beauty of music like this anyway. It's open-ended so that people can take it how they want. Each person who listens to the song will relate to it in their own way, and that's because Hilary is able to articulate his lyrics in a manner that connects.
It's almost like it's universal.
The song is piano-based and has a very spacious tonality to it. There are lap or pedal steels flowing through the background of the track as well. This gives it a very silky but more deepening and emotional backbone.
Now, the song already boasts quite an emotional state, as you can feel that in Hilary's voice, along with some of the lyrics. However, the addition of the lap steel really gives it a lusher feel. It deepens the song in a sense that makes you feel it more.
It also expresses a bit of a filmic aesthetic as well, which was most enjoyable.
Hilary himself has this warm vocal. It is a combination of the tone of his voice, the way he performs it, and the lyrics that he is singing.
That combination creates a certain kind of inviting sensation that asks you to come along for this ride and lets you know it's okay to feel something.
Again, this is a track that is for all walks of life. Everyone is different; everyone has different choices they make, which take them on different paths.
I think part of the point of the song is that we don't need to know exactly where we're headed all the time.
I think it's also about how we all do have some kind of home. Whether that be a physical space or people, it's important to understand that we do have things around us that make us feel welcome.
When we don't feel welcome, it's also good to know that eventually, we will find that welcoming feeling once again.
It's quite a beautiful sentiment, and Hilary really creates such a graceful soundscape with this song.
It's a combination of singer-songwriter, Americana, even hints of folk and classic rock flowing through it, and it all comes across authentically.
This is the kind of artist who writes about life experience. You can tell when you listen to it. He's inspired by certain aspects of life, whether it's his direct experience or others, and he's able to spin that into words and music so that you can connect with it.
Being able to create an atmosphere the way that Hilary does here is absolutely gorgeous and something that you don't come across often, so when you do, it's quite refreshing.
Now, we're not exactly newbies to Hilary Cousins and his music, and hearing a song with this kind of layering and depth is not surprising.
I do love this direction he's headed, and how he's able to really let out a lot of inner thoughts without walls built around them.
I would definitely listen to this song with headphones on, so you can take in not just the lyrics, but that atmosphere that he's displaying. He really gives amazing layers of those textures for you to soak in, and headphones is by far the best way to do so.
So, dig into "The Well" as soon as you can, and see what it does for you.
