Siobhan Cotchin has impressed me with every release, so I knew I was going to enjoy her latest single “When the Curtains Close” before I even hit play. I wasn’t quite prepared for this song’s beautiful vulnerability though. It shows a much gentler side, drawing the listener in to the simple guitar, vocals, and powerful lyrics.
“’When The Curtains Close’ is about not being able to recognise someone you love after their actions show their true colors. It’s about feeling betrayed, thinking you should’ve seen the signs earlier but loving someone so much that you don’t want anything to jeopardise it,” Siobhan explained. “This song was one that basically wrote itself. I was going through a lot at the time, dealing with realisations about someone I was close with. In order to write the song, I just remembered how it felt to be in the presence of this person and the effect it had on me and others around me. It’s a very visceral song and I get transported back to the time I wrote it every time I sing it.”
Siobhan will play the stacked Bluesfest Boorloo/Perth show on April 1.
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