SINGLE REVIEW: MADDIE JANE WARREN - SHAME

Here at #TEAMw21 we've always had a soft spot for Devon and it has once more thrown up a little gem in the shape of Maddie Jane Warren whose new single "Shame" is well deserving of attention. it details the perils of dating in the modern world.

It's a gentle acoustic guitar and percussion that eases us in and finds Maddie Jane, convincing herself to get on the dating merry go round once more

"It can't go wrong what happened before

Won't happen this time

You think you've got to give him a try"

Maddie Jane manages to imbue her vocal with a sort of reluctant sound that is just right for this return to the dating game.

In this age of swiping one way or the other, there is little to be done beforehand other than sneaky detective work to get a better idea of who you are meeting and so little way of knowing if you will gel.

Maddie Jane's song is exactly that, a date high on hope and expectation yet one that failed to click

The chorus spells out the lack of frisson in more detail, Maddie Jane, who takes the positives from it but is slightly downbeat about it just not working out.

"It was a Shame, a fire didn't spark

No angel in the in the dark this time

It was a Shame, no bodies intertwined

No head or your hand in mine

It was a shame but a laugh, yeah we had a good time

Knocking back wine

It was a Shame, you couldn't be mine"

The sound of an electric guitar becomes faintly more prominent on the second verse, just slightly altering the sound. it comes as the second verse finds Maddie Jane pondering on her lack of feelings for her erstwhile date.

"How could I know that loving you wasn't easy?

How could I know I wouldn't feel a thing?

At least I can say that I tried, and he's a good guy

Just not it for me

How could I know that it wasn't meant to be?"

The bridge gets repeated three times, each time round the band are building up in volume and while Maddie Jane adds additional intensity in her delivery. The first time round it is a sweet melodic take the final version sees Maddie Jane end on an extended note at a much greater volume

"There just wasn't a love, there wasn't a heat

Nothing to start, and nothing between"

The briefest skim through Maddie Jane Warren's back catalogue tells us that there are plenty of nuggets to be unearthed "Sell By Date" and "Damn Good Song" being the first two that we found and there are surely more there waiting for someone to find them.

Maddie Jane Warren will be at The British Country Music Festival - Make sure you check her out