A Melbourne, Australia-based indie/folk-rock artist with 70s piano pop influences, Daniel Trakell’s double-tracked vocals and songwriting style have drawn comparisons to artists like Elliott Smith and The Beatles.
There is a lightness when Daniel Trakell sings, as the artist brings a focused and moody dream state on the new single, “Into The Blue”. Through a poised collection of thoughts, “Into The Blue” is an echoing to a generation of songwriters that came long before, a polite nod to John Lennon and Elliot Smith, The track bears witness to an emotional state we all need to visit more often, a space of empathy, acceptance, and prolific change.
“Lyrically ‘Into The Blue’ is about escaping and leaving everything behind. The phrase means to disappear into the unknown, vanish, or leave without a trace. I had the song for a while but didn’t quite know how to finish the lyrics.
After re-watching the film Into The Wild (based on the story of Chris McCandless who disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness), the lyrics started to come together in a kind of re-telling of that story which resonates so much with me as it’s a topic I think about a lot. It’s also, I think, quite a hopeful song about taking some kind of risk or leap of faith in life and trusting that things will work out.
