After weeks of prep, mainly figuring out Spotify, iTunes, CD Baby and all the latest PRO stuff, I am extremely happy to announce that the first song off the new album “Lifelong Truth” has been released! I would love to hear what you think of it! Here are the links to download it on different platforms. You can also search “Jacquie Drew Affliction” within your Spotify, iTunes or other music apps, as we’ve distributed it across the web!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0bZdyz9BlChtol3svxkvlo
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/affliction-single/1496320277
Mp3 Download: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jacquiedrew2
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jacquie-drew/01-jacquie-drew-affliction
The album was produced at the HenHouse Studio in Nashville by Juno-award winning Canadian producer, Steve Dawson, and features his multitude of guitar and stringed instrument talents, along with the stunning upright stylings of bassist Jeremy Holmes (from Vancouver) and infinitely-tasteful percussion elements of Jamie Dyck (of Nashville). Recorded on all analog equipment, with Jacquie performing simultaneously on vocals and acoustic guitar, and the other musicians live on the studio floor without the use of click-tracks, this first single is a testament to the emotion and musical sensitivity that can be achieved with authentic performances by seasoned, human musicians.
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Affliction (c) Jacqueline Drew (Socan)
Ah, ah- ah, ah- ah…
Are you a passing brush of youth?
Or are you an all-enduring lifelong truth?
And if I could give you all I am and have no fear
Would you burst with happiness or lakes of tears?
And do I ask too much or not enough?
Is this a tryst or love?
If I squeeze harder, will you implode?
Is it time to ask, or should I never know?
I wouldn’t say you’re an addiction, cause I don’t want a cure
And it feels more like transfixion, where I hang on every word
You’re testing my conviction, and still I’m so unsure
There’s only one description……affliction
Years pass, and still we can’t commit
So is it just easier if we admit
That we’re not the ones that each of us deserve
But wanting it all, as if we had the nerve?
And do I ask too much or not enough?
Is this a tryst or love?
If I squeeze harder, will you implode?
Is it time to ask, or should I never know?
I wouldn’t say you’re an addiction, cause I don’t want a cure
And it feels more like transfixion, where I hang on every word
You’re testing my conviction, and still I’m so unsure
There’s only one description……affliction
Ah, ah- ah, ah- ah…