Scottish singer songwriter Aaron Smith releases his stirring new single ‘Better Than You Loved Me’ on September 6th through Platoon
‘Loveless EP’ out September 20th
Having created quite a stir with the release of this debut single ‘Unspoken, which featured in the #1 spot on both Spotify UK New Music Friday and Apple Music's 'Best of the Week' playlists - pipping both Beyoncé and Sam Smith to the post - Scottish singer songwriter Aaron Smith returns with his brand new single, the stunning ‘Better Than You Loved Me’ out September 6th on Platoon.
Listen to ‘Better Than You Loved Me’ HERE
Speaking about the song, Aaron explains, “Better Than You Loved Me is about taking the lack of love from one relationship and turning it around. Whether it’s a relationship between friends, family or a couple, is open to interpretation. The point is that the love you longed for from someone that wasn’t reciprocated can make you appreciate love more and give that to someone else.”
Aaron Smith’s music sounds so bucolic, so natural, that it encourages you to think of something beautiful, almost pastoral. The reality, though, is a little harsher. The songwriter’s journey, his experiences of both love and trauma, fuel an incredible new EP ‘Loveless’ which will be released on September 20th through Platoon. Aaron Smith’s ‘Loveless EP’ features debut single ‘Unspoken’, which has already clocked up over 4.5 million streams since its release this summer and been featured on Radio 1’s ‘Best New Pop Songs’ for August 2019 and in numerous Spotify playlists including ‘The Most Beautiful Songs in The World’, lead single ‘Better Than You Loved Me’ and two other beautiful new tracks ‘In My Way’ and ‘Better Man’.
Picking up the guitar following a bout of friendly competition with his cousin, Aaron became infatuated with music; later, he discovered a makeshift studio in a dusty corner of his school’s music department, and began sketching out songs – simple, at first, but then more complex, more confident.
His debut EP is the work of a bold, singular voice, one that wants to speak truths but also find as wide an audience as possible – it recalls Bon Iver but also Keane; it harbours the pensive approach of Ry X, but also the sheer will to communicate of Coldplay’s Chris Martin. Recorded at studios across London and whittled down from more than 70 tracks, it’s a brave and extremely humane selection of songs. “It’s a good introduction for showcasing me as an artist. It describes me as a person,” he comments. “It’s quite personal. And I’m really, really happy with it”.
‘Better Than You Loved Me’ is out September 6th on Platoon
‘Loveless EP’ is out September 20th
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