Intimate piano-pop with a ballad-like progression and simple strings to heighten the evocative turns – Rafael Montecruz collaborates with the sublimely talented vocalist Abraham Armell, for the deeply-moving single Someday.
Fearlessly stripped-back and vulnerable in its presentation and lyrical honesty, Someday reflects upon the heartfelt longing of our protagonist for that someone special to connect with. It’s a delicate to impassioned performance – a subtle change that presents as waves of varied emotion, as we meander through the longing and desperation, the occasional acceptance, the ultimate hope, of this story or letter to another.
The intimate piano format and cleanly-mixed vocals seem incredibly rare these days. Even the biggest pop ballads of recent years have had some kind of huge moment where drums crash and a choir joins the process. Rafael Montecruz keeps things refreshingly genuine though, and the song is so well written and performed, that really, nothing else is needed to communicate its intentions.
Poetic and personal, simple yet striking, Someday is the perfect example of an organic and realistic pop song – one written and performed out of a necessity to express feelings and ideas, and one that connects beautifully for its humility and relatable sense of desire.
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