Toronto singer-songwriter Rachel Bobbitt has been capturing our consideration for a number of years now, however remarkably, she hasn’t put out an album but. That can change in October with the discharge of Swimming In the direction of The Sand. The tracklist contains three current Bobbitt tracks, “Furthest Limb,” “Sweetest Coronary heart,” and “Deer On The Freeway.” It additionally has “Arms Arms Arms,” a dramatic new observe out right this moment that makes nice use of piercing keyboards and hard-charging guitars. “Inform me you’re OK!” Bobbitt sings because the tune reaches its climax.
She shared this assertion on the track:
“Arms Arms Arms” is equal elements dream and expertise—the primary verse constructed across the expertise of shedding a beloved one from afar, and the second verse a surreal depiction of the emotions of helplessness and horror that may accompany grief. The refrain is borrowed from a kids’s track from the 1870s—a track my grandfather used to sing consistently, referred to as “Reuben and Rachel.”
Jeff Miller directed the “Arms Arms Arms” video at Baxter’s Harbour in Nova Scotia. Watch beneath.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Don’t Cry”
02 “Hush”
03 “Gentle”
04 “Arms Arms Arms”
05 “Keep in mind”
06 “I Need It All”
07 “Furthest Limb”
08 “Life By The Marsh”
09 “Ask Once more”
10 “Deer on The Freeway”
11 “Sweetest Coronary heart”
12 “Nothing”
Swimming In the direction of The Sand is out 10/17 by way of Fantasy. Pre-order it right here.
