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Review: 'Scott, Hannah'
'Shape'   


-  Genre: 'Pop' -  Release Date: '27th March 2020'

Our Rating:
The pitch: ‘London-based independent artist Hannah Scott is fast cementing her place as one of the country’s most exciting new songwriters, with her emotive songs and striking voice. Shape, the first single from her forthcoming album, showcases a powerful storyteller.

‘The song recounts how her maternal Grandmother refused to accept her Mother’s choice of husband, Hannah’s Father, threatening never to speak to her again should she marry him and staying true to her word for twenty years.’

The ponderace: The story, as Hannah tells it on her Soundcloud is heartbreaking, as tells of a family ripped apart by stubbornness and entrenched views: ‘She’s the child that you betrayed / When you denied the choice she made’, she sings in the opening lines against a slow piano.

And then it bursts into glory, a marching beat, flickering ripples of electronics, and cinematic wash of sound providing the backdrop to a commanding vocal performance. Comparisons pale into futility in the face of this. Powerful, moving, this is one of those releases that’s hard to write about because ultimately there are no words.

Listen, and feel the emotion. You can’t critique that.


  author: Christopher Nosnibor

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