Drawing us in with a subtle rising frequency and acoustic guitar soundscape, Mark Cee opens How You Left Me Still with notions of timelessness and atmospheric vocals as he sings, “Woke up to a late night phone call, as I heard the crying down the hall…”
We immediately connect with the poetic prowess, and raw, stripped-back nature of the track as Mark taps into an energy reminiscent of early Bob Dylan. There’s a psychedelic folk-edge that manifests, which also reminds us of Elliott Smith.
Speaking on the release, Mark confesses, “This is an authentic acoustic song written from real life struggle and talks of the resilience and difficulties of moving on without someone, who was an essential part of your life. The impetus for the song was the death of my father-in-law and my mother-in-law’s reaction in the days and months following. This affected me in my relationship with my dad and helps me reflect on it.”
There is a cinematic allure that manifests with the track, and we could imagine it being featured in a Sofia Coppola film, or a Luca Guadagnino production. We learn that Mark Cee, who is based in New York, has also garnered comparisons to Bon Iver.
How You Left Me Still is taken from his forthcoming LP, It’s Me – Mark Cee, which is set to further showcase his talent for transforming profound personal struggle into universally relatable musical narratives.
Needless to say, we deeply connect with what Mark Cee is sharing, and have added How You Left Me Still to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream his previous album, Ghost Talk Show, and anticipate the release of It’s Me – Mark Cee!