Gavin Shea has been sitting on several songs in the past five years of producing other artists in Nashville. But now he’s releasing songs as Richard String including the single “Pocket/Same.” Its blend of neo soul and psychedelia is a touch reminiscent of Toro Y Moi but with a softer tone. The way the synth melody bubbles up and the melodic drones swirl about suggests a playfulness and free spirited quality reflected in the lyrics in which Shea seems amused by having worked “hard on my mistakes” and trying to make up for them but never quite being able to catch up, considering how he’ll have left undoing those mistakes after he’s already passed on. Shea’s vocals make it seem like it’s no big deal, the weight of that legacy, because in the end its folly to try to keep up with that plan and that you can only hope you haven’t messed anything up so badly. Listen to “Pocket/Same on Spotify.
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