Navigating a melodic blend of folk and pop, London-based singer-songwriter Chris Home enamors on “Saturday High,” a single released today that captures the anticipation surrounding a weekend’s possibilities, from nights at the pub to sporting events and quality time spent with others. The first single from forthcoming album Everything Ends With Songs, it was recorded in Barcelona and produced by Jason Boshoff and Oscar García-Bragado.

“Good times, we’re all heading out right now,” Chris Home’s voice opens amidst dreamy guitar strums, capturing the fantastic feeling of excitement before jovial weekend fun. The initially lush guitar backing mirrors that quiet anticipation before the rush begins, grounded in a palpable dose of emotion. The shift from hazy contemplation to a brisker, punchier rock spiritedness shows enjoyable shades of Oasis. That more energetic pace arrives just after the “we can touch the sun” carpe-diem thrill, culminating in a soaring title-bearing hook with shimmering guitar strums, playful rhythms, and an exuberant vocal delivery.

The track balances this quiet anticipation with the rush of the weekend itself. “You and me, we’ll share this ride together,” Home sings, driving with melodic flair to a bass-bouncing sequence, delighting in its “everybody’s out” lyrical refrain. A final “everyone’s high” hooky exultation arrives thereafter, contagious and uplifting in conveying the transition between the weekday grind and the “Saturday High” that accompanies the weekend. It has us firmly anticipating Everything Ends With Songs.

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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

We discovered this release via MusoSoup.

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