Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Miya Folick is back with "This Time Around," a new song that finds beauty in sadness, but reaches for something hopeful. The track was co-written with Kate Davis and started in Brooklyn, with a very stripped-back foundation of two guitars and a voice memo.
"This Time Around" seems to have matured, yet it still retains the emotional center that gave it meaning in the first place. Its sadness isn't presented as a destination, but as part of an emotional trip, which makes the song simultaneously helpless and hopeful. The song's emotional weight also shows in the response to the final mix, which proved a powerful moment for Folick.
The production marries the intimacy of its origins with the fuller sound of its Los Angeles recording. That contrast lets the tune grow, taking a simple guitar-and-voice idea and turning it into something larger, but still with its heart in the right place. "This Time Around" is a gentle reminder that sadness and positiveness can live side by side.
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