James Wyatt Crosby’s new dreamy summertime single explores nostalgia and regret with a positive spin
We last met up with James Wyatt Crosby to lament about lockdown best nike running shoes, isolation and loss at the end of last year. Crosby is now planning to emerge from a pandemic-induced recording and touring hiatus with the release of his latest single, “Is There a Reason?” The dreamy summertime track features infectiously catchy guitar lines, warm analog synth undercurrents, and bouncing bass lines.
“I started writing ‘Is There a Reason?’ in 2015 but somehow I didn’t finish it until recently,” admits Crosby. “My newer songs feel like sad songs written by a sad guy whereas “Is There a Reason?” feels like a sad song written by a happy guy. It’s seven years old, but sometimes it’s nice to let a song ferment and develop and then revisit it with a new perspective later. This song has some really hooky parts and it’s one of my personal favourites from my unreleased catalog. It’s been fun to play it live and re-explore whoever I was when I wrote it back in 2015. To me it feels like a summer jam and I hope people love it as much as I do.”
The track is simultaneously uplifting and dark. Throughout the track, the narrator explores themes of desire, nostalgia and regret are. A song that is literally years in the making, it is a perfectly crafted piece of bedroom pop.
James Wyatt Crosby – Is There a Reason?
