Tarka [Single] by Michael Cassidy

In the seminal Henry Williamson novel Tarka the Otter, Tarka is said to mean ‘wandering as water’. It’s a phrase and a concept that Michael Cassidy has long held dear, and in his new single Tarka his voice dreamily drifts resembling the slow steady brook. At first the lyrics pull from Williamson’s novel, the gentle guitar melody the watery body that Michael’s voice floats atop, nosing into reeds and riverbank; while with a steady and calming effect double bass notes break the surface; the aforementioned otter padding the water’s surface, each note sustained as ripples circling outward.

“If I could live this day again, I wouldn’t live it any other way” sings Cassidy, turning his focus to more human affairs, ‘don’t need anybody else, but you”. Tarka celebrates those perfect moments; when life slows, and love grows, and the world just seems to make sense.

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