Heart Beats Quicker (single)

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	1.	Heart Beats Quicker 04:05	lyrics	buy track
	Heart Beats Quicker (Never Let You Down) By Larissa Tandy and Sophie Klein  It happens every night  You fall asleep in the soft lamplight All you gotta do is close your eyes  I’m not the jealous kind  I know it’ll happen when the moment’s right Let go every matter on my mind I could sleep tonight  My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should  One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too  Life is tricky even when it’s good  But don’t worry now I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down  There’s a lot that you don’t know about There’s a lot of shit you’re gonna find out But you just sleep for now  I’ll tell you when the time is right My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should  One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too  Life is tricky even when it’s good  But don’t worry now I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too Life is tricky even when it’s good  But don’t worry now  I’ll never let you down  My heart keeps beating like a heart beat should One day you are gonna feel that too  Life is tricky even when it’s good  But don’t worry now  I’ll never let you down I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down  I’ll never let you down

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Crystalline electric guitars cut through ambient new-wave synths, and a driving rhythm section propels the listener towards a disarmingly simple yet anthemic chorus. Delivered with Little Wise’s signature earthy vocal, the opening lyrics (“it happens every night; you fall asleep in the soft lamplight”), imply a sense of surrender that belies the song’s emotional urgency. In the final choruses, this urgency transforms into a rallying cry of unwavering love: “I’ll never let you down”.

The first of Little Wise’s songs to detail her new role as a parent, Heart Beats Quicker was co-written with Australian-born, Canadian-based artist Larissa Tandy. “Larissa and I are both queer, both songwriters, and each have daughters born a week apart”, Klein says. “We met in Nashville in 2017, stayed in touch, and then reconnected when [Tandy] returned to Melbourne in 2020, just before the pandemic hit.” Did they have a sense of the impending global upheaval about to take place?

“Actually, we were both going through a really good patch in our lives”, Klein laughs. “Enjoying time with our young families, and putting a bit less pressure on ourselves career-wise… But we ended up writing about how anxiety can creep in – even when things are going well. In a way, Heart Beats Quicker is about us wanting to protect our kids from those ‘big life worries’ for as long as possible.”

Produced by Fraser Montgomery (Kerryn Fields; Dan Parsons), the song was recorded at The Aviary Studios with an all-star ensemble of Melbourne’s finest instrumentalists: drummer Josh Barber (Gretta Ray; Archie Roach), bassist Richard Bradbeer (Vika & Linda; Alex Lahey; Olympia), guitarist Matt Dixon (Broads; Heath Cullen; James Kenyon), and pianist Jude Perl (award-winning musician/comedian).

Unafraid to touch on the tender parts of the human condition, Little Wise seeks to find a glimmer of hope amongst the cut glass; a hope hymn to sing in the aftermath. “Sometimes our hearts beat too fast. We worry. We have fears. We overthink things. But our hearts, they keep on beating – and we keep on living. Sometimes we struggle, but that’s part of life.”

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released April 14, 2022

Song by Sophie Klein & Larissa Tandy.
Engineered and mixed by Fraser Montgomery.
Co-produced by Fraser Montgomery & Josh Barber.
Mastered by Adam Dempsey.

Players:
Vocals - Sophie Klein
Acoustic guitar - Sophie Klein
Guitar - Matt Dixon
Drums - Josh Barber
Bass - Richard Bradbeer
Piano - Jude Perl
Backing vocals - Jude Perl
Additional sounds - Fraser Montgomery, Josh Barber

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Little Wise Melbourne, Australia

Little Wise makes music for the drifters and the dreamers. Brimming with melodic hooks and a piercing, heart-on-sleeve lyricism, she conjures a magnetic collision of vintage Americana and modern folk-rock. “Little Wise sings with the wisdom of an old soul” (triple j). ... more

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