SINGLE REVIEW: HANNAH TRIM - TALK OF THIS TOWN

One of the joys of Country Calling 2026 was the overall strength of the entire bill, right down to the acts in the small print. #TEAMw21 only got to see twelve minutes of Hannah Trim's set but the potential was clear to see and if further proof were needed then look no further than her latest single "Talk Of This Town"

The production gives this single real oomph from the very start with a riff heavy, electric guitar intro, giving things a definite Nashville vibe for this small town song.

It therefore comes as a great pleasure to say that this another Tim Prottey-Jones production, which is pretty much the go to, gold standard for UK independent artists, guaranteed to realise the vision of your original song into reality.

For the first verse, the sound then shrinks into the background and zooms in on just Hannah and her guitar along with a back beat for the opening couple of lines.

Hannah is able to impart quite a bit of information, painting a picture in just a few broad lyrical strokes. There's a familiarity established, that she is meeting a previous close acquaintance. It also implies that one of them has been away, and that they parted on reasonably good terms as it only takes a smile to rekindle affections.

"Ain't seen you in forever, walk in and there you are

Still in those worn out jeans, at the back of the bar"

The sections are separated with a prominent guitar flourish, effectively breaking the time line, so that we get the feeling of time passing before rejoining things.

"Now we're slow dancing like time's never passed

What's a girl to do when you smile like that?"

With the chorus capturing the giddy intoxication of feeling special, Tim brings his pop sensibilities to play, the percussion becomes more solid, and the guitars more busy, yet only really coming to the fore, to lead out into the second verse.

"The way you're calling me baby has got me going crazy

The way you're spinning me around,

The way that this is going down

We might be the talk of this town"

For such events to be so newsworthy there is the implication that this is a small town song where everybody knows everybody and their business, for this to cause quite the ripple. The second verse confirms the events to be happening in an "old dive bar", it also comes with Hannah establishing her country credentials, quoting a more recent part of George Strait's career.

"Band's playing something country, George Strait "I've Got A Car"

Singing every word in the back of this old dive bar

The guitar refrain that has been featured throughout now expands out into a full length solo.

It all leads into a final take on the chorus with Hannah reinforcing the title of the song, before things are brought to a sudden end with two crashing guitar chords and shimmering cymbals that only gradually fade away, lingering for added effect.

As noted at the top of the page, Hannah Trim has only recently crashed into our world however our fleeting glances have only increased our desire to see and hear how much more she has in her repertoire.