J Smith - In the Death of Something Beautiful (single)
James Smith formed Gypsies on the Autobahn at 16 and the band released two albums with Universal Music Ireland, “Born Brief” in 2017 and “Suspended” in 2019. The band saw success supporting Little Green Cars, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, selling out Whelans, playing at Vicar St., Other Voices, and touring the festival circuits. After 14 years, the band amicably parted ways in early 2020. Smith’s independence spurred him to produce a burst of dance-inspired remixes under the name YURN for Soda Blonde, ZASKA, Danny G & The Major 7ths with Tolü Makay, Nnic, Gareth Quinn Redmond, and more. J Smith’s debut album titled “(...) And you chose not to laugh” is set for release on May 28th.
His last single before the album release is called In the Death of Something Beautiful and sees him exposing his vulnerability, taking his heart out and showing it to the listener.
It speaks of a tragedy faced by him and his wife having suffered a pregnancy loss for the first time in 2018, giving listeners a key insight into the story of the album.The singer states, “It’s something so many people face, with 1 in 4 pregnancies resulting in miscarraige. I learned of this after the fact. At the time, I thought I knew nobody who had gone through it, but friends and family came out and shared their stories. All of a sudden we didn’t feel so alone. I hope that’s what this song does for people.”
Haunting vocal only adds to the power of the song. They say the greatest art is often created from the darkest moments in life.It is therapeutic to get the pain out in an artistic way, to create something so raw and so open. It is painful to listen to for those who can relate to the words but as the saying goes the shared pain makes it easier to deal with. It takes courage to write a song about something so intimate and so personal but that's what the songwriters often do to cleanse their soul.
"It’s a burden to know you deserve
All the pain coming to you, the pain coming to you
It’s a circle so it feels good
Makes the pain worth going through"
Artwork: Daniel Smith