A Color of September just dropped a new single called “Birds Afraid to Fly”. It’s not a big or loud track and it doesn’t try to be. It stays small and that’s kind of the point. The song is built around his voice. Everything else feels like it’s just there to support it. The production is simple, warm and a bit spaced out, nothing too busy. It gives his vocals room to breathe. His voice is soft and the way he delivers the lyrics is impressive.
There’s a clear idea behind the song. But it’s not explained in a heavy way. Something about holding back, or maybe not doing what you know you could do. It doesn’t try to spell it out, which actually makes it hit more. You kind of fill in the gaps yourself. His voice does most of the work here and it stays in your head. The harmonies too, they kind of sit behind everything and don’t move much, but you notice them more after the second listen.
There isn’t a lot going on and it doesn’t try to hide that. No extra layers, no switch-ups, nothing like that. It just keeps the same mood the whole way through. We like it. It’s easy, it sticks a bit, and it’s the kind of track you don’t mind putting on again without thinking too much about it.