Opening with immediately arresting and powerful piano chords, Good Childhood has the power of ‘Violet’ known to the listener from the word go. The folk-pop ballad, driven by piano and given a sense of stature and importance through a deeply evocative vocal performance, is about the journey behind a relationship. The group traverse a couple who are grappling with their own insecurities and struggles till they envision a child as a solution for their problems. The entire arrangement just evokes a sense of tragedy, a deep low and melancholic mood that pervades through it all despite an underlying sense of hope still finding its way to creep through every now and then.
A deeply moving debut single, ‘Violet’ traces a rather commonplace issue through a new and relatively unexplored lens that really gives a level of depth to the narrative. A powerful and emotionally striking piece, undoubtedly.