Greg Smith comes up with an adventurous and remarkably pleasant tune. Using twangy strings for soulful orchestral accents and groovier rhythms, the artist glides on relationship’s up and down rollercoaster.
His latest single “What This Is” becomes serene folk music with a mellow soul tinge and melancholic clarity. As it captures a reflective artistic lonesome quality, it’s dreamy transience becomes perfect for an overcast Sunday.
The artist is particularly a subtle powerful singer and he aims for hushed tones to match and camouflage with precision on the production. The song cruises with a casual swiftness making the interest more intriguing for the audience.
Greg Smith allows his sharply observed and simply stated lyrics land with immediacy. “What This Is” becomes a lush, slow-building fantasy of romantic confusion, sounding refreshingly on how it feels like to be in a perplexing relationship. Through the song, he comes to an acceptance that things sometimes may work out for everyone else but him.
Even at his lowest, the artist doesn’t sound sorry for himself, preferring to let the strings do the crying. He aims to honor the past through transformation rather than reinvention. Most often, he plays a clean acoustic guitar, and occasionally you get the expected fiddle with a subtle and effective twist. Greg Smith’s touch is light and dreamy, while the tempo and density might scan as chill and ambient, the folk music is so elegant as to resist stereotyping.
