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You have to get up early in the day if you don’t wish to betray the dawn; that the old Victorian adage of early to bed, early to rise, is only as good as what the day has in store for you, that being on a planet with seven billion other humans makes you less unique, almost in this day and age no more relevant than a cog in the machine, or at least that is what some would have you believe, for they only see the dawn, they don’t understand that The Morning’s Just Begun.
It is within us all to look dawn in the face and smile, should we wish, it is quite another to know that morning is just a moment of time, that those few precious hours between waking and the need to break for lunch are the finest of analogies for the teenage years and the first ventures in adulthood in which we let Time be our master, it lulls us into the false confession, the dreams slowly fade and then before we know it, dusk has started to creep over our faces and we need extra illumination to guide the way to where we thought we were going.
It is in the morning that Georgia Black has surfaced, armed and ready, the birds that hang around in the eaves of the church and under railway bridges, are startled by this interloper into their domain and protest robustly, but without success, for in this songstress the tune is muscular and resilient against such complaint, the morning may have just begun but it has been sung too it seems for hours.
It is the smoky Jazz feel that intrigues the listener, a sense of the New York vibe and one that effortlessly caresses the electronic input placed inside, the subject of mental health sitting at ease within the structure and adding a beautiful serenade of confliction that comes with such mixed emotions and learning.
A sensual song, a highly intelligent approach, if The Morning’s Just Begun, then Georgia Black has been up long before the lark and has a huge day ahead of her.
Georgia Black launches her new single at 81 Renshaw Street in Liverpool on Sunday 18th March
Ian D. Hall