Search - The Worry Knot :: Under Trees

Slow songs of loss and longing, regrets and hope, unashamedly sung, broken-voiced and honest. Get the headphones. Dim the lights. Under the name of The Worry Knot, singer-songwriter Michael Hughes releases his first collection of songs--echoes in minor keys on life and love that come back around as highly personal, vulnerable and brave tracks on this debut, "Under Trees." "Do you remember that little bed on Highland Street? We?d get all tangled up and free," writes a searching Hughes in "That Place." "Help me find that place again / I?m dying here with you so near / And there?s so many things between us." Hughes is clearly staring himself down in the mirror, playing and singing in a way that cuts very close to the bone. The most sure tracks are "Rain Keeps Falling" with its accessible guitar work and "Lazy" with its sardonic refrain of "So what, so what?" Indeed, Hughes? lyrics seem to paint pictures of people who are decidedly unsure, perhaps a bit like you and me. And while he paints canvasses in shades of blue and gray there remains some hope, some faith in love to save the day. "Under Trees" is Michael Hughes? first quiet hello in the dark; a portrait of an artist surfacing, about to emerge. The playing is necessarily understated and the poetry is superb!