Joe Vann delivers indie folk just the way it’s meant to exist with his gentle lilting track “Sweetheart.” While multiple guitar layers dance around each other the simplistic drums hold a lighty thumping beat accented by what appears to be a very simply played piano for the bass instrument. Vann’s understated vocals deliver the poetic tender lyrics with a welcomed clarity. He Sings, “And now I’m thinking about the way/ You can hold me up against it/ I’ve been wandering all the way/ Back to you sweetheart” in a refrain that ties it all together twice.
“Every million songs or so I decide to throw out all preconceived thoughts and just keep it simple and “dumb”, and it can make another ditty saved in a folder or it can make for something really special. “Sweetheart” was one of those songs that felt great as soon as I heard the scratch track. It came together in just a couple hours and what the song sounds like now is basically what it sounded like that day. It is a song about being unable to focus on anything else but love when you are crushing. It’s a simple song yet when we get out of the way there can be room for layers we didn’t plan on,” says Vann.
