Instantly unique music, a songwriter with a vocal that stands out by a mile, and a poetic lyrical thread that feels refreshingly human and honest and reflective. Sten Veiths blends alt-folk contemplation and calm with bolder folk-rock to cinematic stylistics, and showcases a superb strength of songwriting, with the mighty Where The Hell I Belong.
Both alternative and undeniably catchy, the song follows short lines that slowly raise the intensity of emotion, towards a stunning resolve of a relatable song. That balancing of the deeply personal and the broadly accessible is a huge part of letting this feel like a genuine connection – something along the conceptual lines of Creep, an outcry of lostness and detachment, which in effect makes people feel much less alone or lost when listening.
Lyrically stunning in its realism and folk-meandering, melodically satisfying but with a less expected middle-8 shift, a theatrical but also impassioned and genuine performance, Where The Hell I Belong introduces Sten Veiths as captivating, original, authentic, and musically aware of what will work and enthral a modern audience.
The passion rises throughout, the key shifts in unison, the vocal rasp and desperation loop with that hook and title concept, and the song comes to a powerful crescendo of a finish.
An easy favourite this year in terms of memorable, characterful and heartfelt, unfiltered songwriting and music. Sten Veiths is the name, calling out with uncertainty and grit, in seemingly hopeless search of Where The Hell I Belong.
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