‘South America’ is the kind of folk music that’s meant to have you introspecting and tearing up all at once. The simple poignance of powerful lyricism married to a quaint yet emphatically emotive acoustic arrangement, Dom Malin evokes the power of connection and the painful realisation when things are falling apart despite unavoidable situations causing a physical rift in an otherwise perfect relationship. In particular, the song regales a friendship from England to South America as they are unable to find a balance and this fleeting moment is brief but everlasting.
It really had me reminiscing about those momentary relationships, those friendships and feelings for a person that burn brighter than ever for a brief time but are snatched away from you as a matter of circumstance. Folk music in its structurally simplistic yet emotionally complex best.