Ohio-based songwriter Ashley Rhodus, aka Wished Bone and her track, Hold Me. That was the first offering from Ashley’s upcoming album, “Sap Season”, and this week she’s shared the record’s second single, Trees We Couldn’t Tell The Size Of.
The track was inspired by a road trip through the Pacific Northwest, as Ashley explained, “I noticed that the trees lining the highway looked like they could be the size of the a mailbox or a car or a house all at once. This kind of scale trickery hits me often and in different ways”. This feeling seems to permeate the song, Ashley questioning the universe’s ability to make things feel both huge and minuscule, “am I the kind of girl you marry? Am I something temporary? Am I better inside of your memory?” Musically, it’s a delightfully hushed affair, all steady drum tick and gorgeous muted guitar strum, as Ashley’s vocal manages to simultaneously meld into the track and leap out from it in equal measure. It’s a track that continues to hone Wished Bones’ way with atmosphere, her ability to merge the mundane and the beautiful, intricate sketches of everyday living and enjoying wherever the journey will take her.
Sap Season is out November 1st.
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