Establishing the mood with crowd noise fusing into intricate acoustic guitar and organic percussive detailing, Brendan Lane opens his new single, Grand Prize with the lyrics, “I got bells on my toes, a heart for a nose, I’m the Grand Prize of the corner show, I’m all by myself, way up on the shelf, waiting for you to come along and give me some help…”

The song expands atmospherically as Brendan sings the melodic hook, “Take me home, I’ll give you all of my loving…”, and shares a touching story of longing for love as told through the eyes of a stuffed animal.

It’s a really cute and quite heart-wrenching narrative, which is also in collaboration with musician Eli Lev. Lev is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for his empathic writing and infectious folk-based sensibility. Lane has always been musically inclined; he grew up with a jazz musician father and surrounded by records as a child.

We are in awe of the luscious harmonies, which really dimenisonalize the track and make us feel warm and fuzzy inside, in line with the concept of the song!

On the making of Grand Prize, Lane confesses, “I had this melody in my head as I was driving up to Eli’s farm, and once I played it for him, the story just fell out of us. And then Austin Bello helped us fully realize this song.” 

Lev elaborates, “Grand Prize means a lot to me as it gives voice to the hidden treasures in the world that we so easily miss in our daily lives.”

We love the message, intention and the energy that the pair have shared on this opus and have added the charming and emotive Grand Prize to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of both artists!

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Setting the tone with intricate and skilful acoustic guitar detailing, Brendan Lane opens his latest single, Oh Child, with charming and narrative-driven lyrics, “There a house on River Street, where the sun shines through the trees, warms the face that I can’t wait to see…”

Oh Child expands to tell the story of two lovers who are tired of dreaming of life beyond the county lines, and decide to manifest their destiny. 

Created as an outcome of being limited to the constraints of a small town, Oh Child is inspired by Brendan’s reality, growing up living on the outskirts of two major U.S. cities, where he often found himself sitting on the sides of roadways watching cars pass by and wondering when it would be his turn to explore the world.

When discussing Oh Child, the rising artist says, “The song is very much about leaving a place and how two souls grew tired of dreaming about change, so they choose to take matters into their own hands and lean into their wanderlust”.

Lyrical highlights include the romantic “and when she dreams, she dreams of me”, and the expansive “she’s got her wings, she’s ready to fly”, which leads into the hook where Brendan sings emotively, “oh child! we’re gonna fly away”.

Oh Child was produced with John Rupp, and recorded at Baby Barn Studios in Halifax, PA. Brendan grew up with a jazz musician father and discovered rock and roll at the age of eight, and made it his life’s purpose ever since.

It is no surprise that this purpose has led Brendan around the world, performing on three different continents, which deepened his understanding of what it means to be a performer. 

We have added Oh Child to our New Music Spotlight playlist and continue streaming Brendan Lane’s wider discography including Lover Lover and What’s She Gonna Do Now?

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