Beautiful songwriting, humble musicianship – piano and a clapped rhythm, raspy vocals and short lines reflecting on war and the painful repeats of history. Patrick McMenamin leads with a voice and writing style that feel evocative, honest, and powerful, for the timeless and passionate folk single The More Things Change.
Loaded with lyrical insights that feel like gems of inspiration and heartbreak all at once, The More Things Change is a sung poem of sorts, with a raspy and distinct voice from Patrick McMenamin adding the necessary emotional ache and warmth combined to really connect.
It’s a beautiful song, familiar but conceptually poignant, and it rolls along with a careful fusion of shoulder-swaying optimism and devastating conceptual realism.
The passion grows, the volume and vocal captivating as the ideas peak amidst population control, and this idea rings out more and more intensely: ‘The more things change, they stay the same’.
