SINGLE REVIEW: ALYSSA FLAHERTY - BROKEN BY YOU

There are many reasons for going to the Country Calling Festival this August, it's a beautifully curated festival, where the hardest thing is going to be working out which stage to be in front of at any given time, such is the depth in quality. One moment not to be missed is the UK debut of Alyssa Flaherty, who as we have already predicted is destined to go far. #TEAMw21 had the immense pleasure of seeing and meeting Alyssa in Nashville where she played 5 stunning songs that she has not even released yet.

Her latest is another excellent addition to her already top class catalogue. It opens with a real sense of purpose, the drums have a real thud about them, the guitar perhaps slightly heavier than you might expect. When Alyssa arrives her vocals are equally immediately hard hitting and delivered with feeling, she pulls no punches.

"Sometimes in the middle of the night

You're still crossing my mind and I hate that

Can't rewind, waste of time, about the bullet

It's a crime, that you lied, ain't no take backs

Thought you were one in a million

Turns out there millions of you

Got me feeling so stupid

For catching feelings for you"

Sung over the brooding backing tune, this is Alyssa, kicking herself for letting someone so unworthy get so close and stealing her affections. The lines blur into one another delivered at pace

The chorus is an other wordy explosion of delight matched by the band raisin their volume

"Maybe I was naive maybe I wasn't thinking

Holding my breath, pretending the ship ain't really sinking

Ignore the signs before my eyes

I wish I never met you - I would never have let you

Get a hold my heart something I never do

I was just hoping that it would never be

Broken by you you you"

The chorus lets us in on why Alyssa feels so bad, the warning signs were there and the strength f feeling is never more evident than on the

"I wish I never met you" line.

The second verse sees a nice reversal of the line from the from the opening verse however it it still tinged with a touch of bewilderment of how things have played out.

"Thought I was one in a million, turns out there's ten of me

How'd we go from forever to being enemies?"

With a scorching guitar solo, this is her most complete single to date and undoubtedly this is another huge step towards the big time for Alyssa.

Alyssa Flaherty will be making her UK debut at County Calling - https://www.country-calling.com/

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