Interestingly, he nearly gave up on the track, which went on to hit 2x Platinum in Australia and earned Vance his seventh Hottest 100 entry (ranking #9 in the 2017 countdown). I think Paul Kelly described them as odd socks, you have them lying around looking for another match." once you have the right lyrics and ingredients the song comes together really quickly. "I wrote the guitar riff for this song in 2012 I tried to write lyrics to it for ages," he told triple j Breakfast last July for the single's world premiere, saying it sprang from an old phone recording looking for a home. I really like this lyric in this song about talking to someone while they’re having a shower, through the glass." 2) 'Lay It On Me'
It’s got a lo-fi vibe and I play a littler guitalele, which is a mini-guitar basically. "This song I chose to be the first song because it’s one of my favourites on the album. There's no doubting his talent for pulling together infectious, emotive sing-alongs, so let's explore Nation of Two through songs written in hotel rooms, with surprising collaborators, and that time he found inspiration after going down a Kanye West YouTube hole. I think if you have those things – that’s the criteria.” "It might be a guitar riff that feels interesting, a new rhythm… it might be a melody or a couple of lyrics you’ve had stowed away on your phone for ages ‘I really want to use that line’… when you sing it, you feel ‘I want to sing this loud and sing it with conviction’. "I felt a bit of pressure but also I just wanted the songs to be good and meet the criteria to be a song I want to sing every day." And what is the criteria for a good song? "I think it has to have some kind of spark or special quality."
Now, let's pull back the curtain and hear the stories behind the songwriting heartthrob's latest.Īfter coming off the road in 2016 from touring his world-busting debut album Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy had two or three songs to his name but was keen to knuckle down on what would become Nation of Two (out today). You've been hearing songs all week from your feature album: Vance Joy's Nation of Two.
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