The new single from Helen Maw feels like a fitting companion piece to her debut album. The hinge on which she now pivots. For after “distilling her emotions” in ‘Growing Pains’, ‘The Moment’ is that decision to let go and move on. It continues her penchant for soulful storytelling. But it’s the guitar rather than piano that takes centre stage. Andy Down’s effective noodling creating a sense of closure that feels right. Maw has arrived at the end of one chapter and beginning of another, where “there is nothing left to say”. The point at which, on this Country-tinged track, she grasps the future with a quiet optimism. And continues, in her performance, to enchant.
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