Ali George’s plaintive acoustic finger-style guitar work on “Dreams Within Dreams” is immediately serenading. The Bath based singer-songwriter and acoustic whizz keeps a consistent tempo and melodic core to the tune, never really rising or falling from its peaceful atmospheric and melancholic air. The tune delves into the complexities of unrequited love, loneliness, and the female experience. The British singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist has crafted a track that departs from his usual bare bones acoustic sound in favour of one that’s more ethereal and spacious. The result is serene as ever.
Written from the perspective and voice of a woman in a marriage that’s fragmenting at the seams, Ali George vividly captures feelings of unrequited love, unfulfillment, and neglect with such a precise tone through his arrangement alone. The lyrics add the real layers to the piece, but it’s all in the mood this wonderfully dexterous indie folk artist manages to capture that you find yourself in love. The instrumental version alone does it justice.