Hailing from Tennessee but now based in New Haven, Connecticut, Spencer Thomas Smith is a singer-songwriter working in a warm and intimate brand of folk music. Across a number of albums, from 2019’s full-length That Was Yesterday to last year’s Appalachia Mid June, Smith has developed his evocative style—one as capable of brooding atmosphere as it is sincere emotion.
Ahead of the release of a brand new EP, Tennessee Mud, Spencer Thomas Smith has unveiled a pair of new singles. With its slow pace and palpable ache, ‘Blue Like Sky’ is a weary ballad for those seeking refuge in love. A late and lazy dancehall number for those exhausted by the complications of life, the heads of the couples long having fallen onto opposing shoulders, pairs holding one another up.
Latest track ‘Wilder’ situates itself further towards country, its nostalgic strum and twang evoking long shadows and dusty roads. Smith’s vocals have a humble tone, crooned gently as though almost to himself, a daydream spoken aloud in a quiet room. The lyrics are suitably centred in such hopes and wishes. Pining for a sense of movement and adventure, as well as the comfort of the past.
I hear the calling of the Western sky
waving me forward to make her mine
stand and compete with the sun outside
see who can shine longer—him or I
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