PREMIERE: WHITE NOVELS “CALIFORNIA”
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Hardly anything with the name of California unravels without contrasts and drama. Always inspired by real-life experiences, White Novels is the brainchild of two songwriters: Jack Bestow & Tam Kane, which now has evolved into a five-piece band all over Scotland. Their aesthetics revolves around the raw, brutal honesty from their everyday life, absorbing inspirations that translated into the sonics of individual songs.
“California” is based on a real-life story when Jack found himself in a love triangle. He was dating a girl from California who had another boyfriend 5000 miles back home all along. With the mixture of the energetic, dreamful west coast impression and the torn-up feeling of betrayal and heartbreak, “California” is storming with contrasts.
Anyone who has experienced the aftermath of betrayal knows a deep hurt like this doesn’t go away easily as time passes. The violation of trust is hardly expressed in apology but left for one to lick their own wounds.
“When I held your hand, not knowing you’re in the middle.” channeling the direct pain into the lyrics, White Novels put a piece of themselves in the music as well as the lyrics. Wrenching and highly relatable, connecting people with similar experiences.
Written by Katrina Yang
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