Natalie Wildgoose’s latest track ‘In The North’ is sure to take your breath away
The Yorkshire folk singer finds the beauty in simplicity.
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Listening to lo-fi folk singer Natalie Wildgoose’s latest track In The North feels like being teleported to another time and place. The delicate tune was recorded in the Yorkshire dales on a vintage piano and a reel-to-reel tape recorder she inherited from her grandfather to tremendous effect. Hints of the landscape creep into the recording, allowing the listener to soak in the atmosphere.
This intimate and grounded approach makes you feel like Wildgoose is in the room with you and invites the listener to hang onto every word. The track is relatively simple, but Wildgoose’s stunning vocals and vivid lyricism are entrancing. Her descriptions of the Yorkshire dales allows the listener to picture them clear as day.
But this isn’t just a song about her hometown; Wildgoose explores themes of grief as the track was written as she was processing the loss of her grandfather. Within her grief, she finds hope and comfort in the fact that those we love are never truly lost. Instead, their presence lives on in the landscape, making the choice to record this track in the way she did carry even more weight.
In The North is an elegant track that will continue to sit with you well after listening.
In The North is out now via state51.