Eli Lev unveils the visuals and new single "My Wish Was You," an achingly passionate work wrapped in a blanket of acoustic goodness, featuring cinematic strings. The touch of folk-pop in the melody reflects the dream I had, which was soft but also had a sting to it. Quite simply, "My Wish Was You" doesn't merely sound like a song; its presence hovers over you like a memory.
The instrumentation, from the acoustic guitar strumming opening to the string quartet lurking just in the background, sets the listener up for Lev's introspective lyrics. He has no angry voice but speaks in a manner that makes him seem unreadable. He performs with the candour of someone who is singing out loud for the first time their rehearsed story that they have run countless times through their head.
"My Wish Was You" is a yearning not just for one person, but for an idyllic life where that bond could continue. Lev, with his poetic flair, relates that bittersweetness magnificently in loving images of nearly perfect love, which was never quite actualized. The song is for anyone who has turned away from something that appeared to be written in the stars and wondered if it was all just a dream after all.
The single is off his forthcoming album, "Past Lives," which will be a more expansive exploration of memory, identity, and emotional truth. His soulful touch makes Lev sound like the comfort all Gregory Alan Isakov, Vance Joy, and The Paper Kites fans have been needing. For three sweet minutes, Eli Lev lets us live in that moment between what is and what might have been.
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