‘Till We Meet Again’:
TILL WE MEET AGAIN
BBC 2 supported India
born singer- songwriter Druv Kent releases a stirring COVID-inspired, blues and
roots-oriented anthemic song ‘Till We Meet Again’.
‘Till We Meet Again’
captures
that sense of distance we feel from those we feel so close to, but are
physically unable to be with given our locked down world.
The song was
conceived, written, produced, recorded, filmed and released in the last three
weeks, all since the onset of quarantine.
The song grabs you
with its opening lines “Will a crowded
restaurant ever feel the same ... Will the kiss of a stranger have beauty again”, framing the context of some of the poetic questions
we ask ourselves in today’s unalterably changed
world.
The rising chorus
offers a release with “Take this weight off
my shoulders, I need to breathe again”, speaking to the
burden we are all carrying as we brave our way as normally as possible through
what is an unprecedented crisis.
The track’s hooky groove is enhanced by a beguiling low register
hum complemented by the sublime bass and scorching lead guitar of Druv Kent
Band members David Ng and Lebbeus Lau, recorded from their homes, all
contributing to the increasing velocity of the song as it raises to a climax.
The music video is an
amalgamation of intimate contributory clips shot from the homes of various
friends, family and fans from across the world – holding pictures of and expressing messages to the
people they can’t wait to see.
The song blends a
smoky blues feel, full of space, with a soaring chorus strung together by some
amazing guitar riffs.
This song is a
precursor to the much- anticipated 4-song Druv Kent EP ‘Don’t Burn Away’, previously
scheduled for release Apr 2020 with a series of live events in India, Singapore
& London. The ‘Don’t Burn Away’ EP release is now set for Jun 2020 with a series of
online gigs.
After Druv’s singles ‘Glitter & Dynamite’, ‘Long When We’re Gone’, ‘Back Home’,
‘I’m
Still Riding’, ‘What It’s All About’
and
‘Little Bit of God’ cracked open the UK, Australia and international
markets to a unique voice of socially-relevant contemporary music, Druv
delivered two Hindi songs in 2019, a cricket world cup anthem and ‘Hindustan Meri Jaan’, that took the Indian music scene by
storm. The Druv Kent Band has performed in the UK, Europe, Dubai, HK &
India and Singapore’s biggest stages.
They recently headlined the Asia Television Awards and the Kasauli LitFest.
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