{"id":71608,"date":"2021-09-30T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=71608"},"modified":"2021-10-06T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:36:33","slug":"up-next-leo-sawikin-born-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/up-next-leo-sawikin-born-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Next: Leo Sawikin ‘Born Too Late’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Make way for what might just be your new favourite song, from a singer that needs to be taken seriously. Leo Sawiken, formerly of The Chordaes, is an artist, poet, multi-talented musician, native New Yorker and expert melody maker. Who also knows his way round a nifty blazer. And his latest drop, ‘Born Too Late’, is a Talk Talk-esque, rock-light delight.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2018I wanted something with a lot of up-tempo energy,\u2019 says Leo, adding, \u2018it was inspired by the general feeling of hopelessness and lack of control that have defined the last few years.\u2019 Which sounds counter-intuitive and a little maudlin, but it\u2019s an era-defining narrative that he addresses with total panache. And it just so happens to be catchy as hell.<\/p>\n

With Leo\u2019s lifelong reverence of The Beach Boys\u2019 Pet Sounds, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Burt Bacharach and a whole load of disco and soul informing his music, his album Row Me Away was always onto a winner, but which each new drop we just keep getting more and more enamoured. Get to know Born Too Late, because it sparkles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n