Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : João Jones’s ‘Se Tivesse Sido Nós’
João Jones is a Brazilian artist and singer-songwriter. Exploring his latest release, ‘Se Tivesse Sido Nós’ or ‘If It Had Been Us’, we encounter a fresh, acoustic alt folk song. The crispness of his vocals carries an emotional depth that you wouldn’t expect. The mellow acoustics swirling around it, sparkling and glinting adds to this and like a daydream, you can escape into it.
If you don’t know the language, you can tell that it’s a stream of consciousness style storytelling, recollecting moments and memories of a past love. That melancholy nicely carries into the soundscape. It lifts into the listener, comforts in a way that surpasses the boundary of language. Even if you don’t understand the lyrics, the emotion is so well formed and captured that it creates a connection instantly and easily. The artist’s expression is so honest and vulnerable that it resonates with the heart. Listen Now!
