Just for a Day by Simonjmusic

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 "Just for a Day" by Simonjmusic (from Dublin, Ireland) was a very interesting listen for me.

It started very slow with light fingerpicking on the acoustic guitar...which builds to strumming acoustic that is doubled with a light distortion.  Also of this builds even with more with volume...hitting those strings harder!  I was expecting drums/bass to come in and start pounding away to continue the build, but they never came.  Although the song did continue to build anyway.

The vocalist has a voice to build around, for sure.  Very catchy melody with a rasp in his voice, on-point and emotionally fitting in nicely.

The song as a whole gives me a feeling that adventure is coming.  We are waiting for it to happen...and its coming nearer by the second.  "We're wasting time just for a day...".  When that day is over, back to it.

I'd have to say that this song does a great job of building without depending on a full band.  It sticks to the meaning of the song about waiting.

I could see this fitting into a soundtrack for the show Yellowstone...just thinking about the cowboys getting there chores done while waiting for something intense to come...the stress is there...

You can find him on Twitter - @simonjmusic.

Also, you can find his song on your favorite streamer following this SongWhip link!

https://songwhip.com/simonjmusic/just-for-a-day

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