Pure pleasure manifest in tune, Dylan Cartlidge’s radiant anthem “New Day” channels hope and chance into soulful, sun-kissed, and smile-inducing sound.
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When the solar hits the water, it’s a smile on my face…
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It’s a “New Day” for Dylan Cartlidge, and we’re completely prepared to hitch the British singer/songwriter in wholeheartedly embracing a contemporary begin with extensive open arms.
Launched November 27th, Cartlidge’s first single in over three years finds him channeling hope and chance into soulful, sun-kissed sound. “New Day” is an uplifting anthem leaning into new beginnings, inviting us to maintain our eyes and minds open to all that tomorrow has in retailer.
Lord is aware of, I used to be,
Unhappy and afraid,
Unhappy and afraid of the day,
that you simply’d say the time has lastly come.
To face once more,
By myself two ft,
Get up from a sleep,
Remind me we’d been chasing
Speedboats, heartache,
Dumb luck, shut shaves,
Throwing up in doorways.
I do know we’re safer, older,
Arms spherical my shoulders,
However say it isn’t over.
“‘New Day’ is about getting into unknowns and embracing change, which could be each stunning and difficult – a number of the finest selections can be a number of the hardest,” Cartlidge tells Atwood Journal.
“After I was 16 years outdated, I used to be confronted with such a call. I needed to determine to both keep in my present circumstances dwelling out and in of foster care –experiencing trauma, poverty, and habit – or to maneuver away to begin once more, forsaking every little thing and all people I’d ever identified to reside in several a part of the nation.”
“I made the choice to take a leap of religion, a brand new starting.”
Cartlidge rises to a seductive and non secular excessive within the refrain, his vitality infectious as mild pours out of his soul.
It’s a brand new day, a brand new day,
When the solar hits the water
it’s a smile on my face.
It’s a brand new day, a brand new day.
It’s every little thing you wished
nevertheless it gained’t be the identical.
And that’s okay!
Hailing from the coastal city of Redcar in North-East England, Cartlidge isn’t any stranger to those pages. His observe “Dare to Dream,” taken off his infectiously energizing debut album Hope Above Adversity, was featured as one in all Atwood Journal’s Finest Songs of 2021, with author Oliver Criminal praising it as “uplifting and endearing, carrying a message that we actually want proper now.”
Criminal additionally hailed Hope Above Adversity as highly effective, eclectic, and with sufficient good vibes to climate the hardest storms. “Nevertheless it’s not a corny, faux happiness,” he wrote. “Cartlidge tackles troublesome subjects with reasonable eyes, underpinning it with a way of white-knuckle hope.”
It’s getting misplaced,
Down acquainted streets.
Waking up when you already know
we ought to be quick asleep.
So comfy,
That’s no excuse.
I wanna’ reside, I watch you
stumble and it hits me.
So laborious, can’t breathe,
I need life badly,
A bit of weight to hold.
And although we’re safer, older,
Your arms spherical my shoulders,
You realize it isn’t over.
Quick-forward to 2024, and Dylan Cartlidge continues to embody a spirit of hope in his music.
“New Day” is pleasure manifest in tune: An invite to bask within the sunshine, dance within the moonlight, and sing alongside because the artist revels in a second of significant connection and catharsis.
We could not all the time have Cartlidge’s merry and vibrant mindset, however we owe it to ourselves to attempt; to strategy tomorrow as a possibility and as a present; as a brand new day.
It’s a brand new day, a new day,
When the solar hits the water
it’s a smile on my face.
It’s a brand new day, a new day.
It’s every little thing you wished
nevertheless it gained’t be the identical.
‘Trigger it’s a brand new day, a new day,
When the solar hits the water
it’s a smile on my face.
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