Julia Richard's new single, "Friends," is a highly personal meditation on falling for a best friend and dreading the aftermath; this song lays bare love's intricacies with rawness and gentle craftsmanship. "Friends" is a sign that Richard is forging a path toward unique stuff songs that are more than just entertaining but connect.
Richard's voice is vulnerable yet powerful, delivering lyrics that ache with sincerity. She sings about the flutter of romance, grapples with it, and struggles to reach an answer that may never arrive. The second verse, gently colored by Sting's The Hounds of Winter, sways with melancholic breadth, a sign of her esteem for everlasting songwriting.
"Friends" has a contemporary indie bent, with traditional, haunting melodies. Using cues from artists such as Willow and The Beatles, Richard cultivates a sound that is intimate and cinematic, honest enough for a bedroom confessional and grand sufficient to devour a theater. With "Friends," Julia Richard distills the things left unsaid into a melody we won't forget, a reminder that love, however it's defined, is worth singing about.
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