Francis Neve - Winterbury

'Winterbury' is a lo-fi minimalist indie song built on a simple guitar melody, a hip-hop drum beat, and male/female vocal interplay. Lyrically 'Winterbury' is a perfect reflection on a relationship that is slowly going down the drain with Francis Neve singing in a highly accented way on first verse "Whatever happened to us and them and all those days we spent wrapped up in your bed". The chorus moves over to guest vocalist Lucy Randell and her sweet higher pitched vocal commenting on the thoughts from the other side of the relationship singing "I don't like the way you suffer for all the things you never did". It's hardly the most complicated of songs lyrically or musically but it works because of emotion captured vocally, how we can all relate to the subject topic and because of Francis Neve's clear knowledge of how to work on a melody from the inclusion of keyboard melodies to the female vocal over-dubs towards the end of track giving it a cute pop edge, 'Winterbury' is well thought out, pleasant and quite simply, brilliant to listen to.

4 / 5

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