“WARRIOR OF LOVE” BY TERRATARA: A MASTERPIECE OF LOVE AND LONGING
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I have said this and I’m gonna say it again, artist with the ability to create music that crashes your soul and consumes you with its infectious energy and atmosphere are magicians. Especially when they blend different genres of music together to create this distinctive sound that is soo unique and soothing yet nostalgic and let’s you enjoy the lyrics of the song with its crisp production, then you have a banger of a song you can repeat all day. Love has its own way of surprising us and keeping us on our toes. It may be distant but the little moments you got share together becomes a connector that makes y’all fond of each other that you can’t let go. Such narrative coupled with beautiful melodies and sounds is what TerraTara and her bandmates have crafted for us on their latest single titled “Warrior Of Love.” The band with Jamaine Johnson on bass guitar and Neil Symonette on drums have put together a touching melody that pierces your heart and soul with love and longing. The band who didn’t shy away from their Bahamian roots with influence from world music, folk, and reggae, has indeed created a crisp production sound that immediately captures your attention and gets you glued from start to finish.
Now this song Warrior of Love is really intriguing, I love the way the beats gives you bits of everything, those Caribbean sounds infused with North American elements, wow, you can’t just stop listening the moment you hit the play button. The song which was recorded at Reel Time Sound Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, with Colyn MacDonald’s engineering expertise, the song has the ability to ignite that spark of memories and moments you share with that special person. The song lets you understand the statement “love doesn’t know distance” soo better with its lyrics. It’s a song that embodies the importance of longing and dedication. The beats with its Caribbean elements creates this sunset vibe at the beach, where you’re left alone pondering on the memories and moments of your partner, allowing you to tap into an imaginary world where you wish they were with you and enjoying that moment together at the beach. It creates this space where everything you wanna do to them, you dream them and imagine how it would be like with them. But what keeps you going even tho you miss them is that irrespective of the distance, there’s hope and believe that they will be truthful to you and will never betray your trust because of the kinda love they have shown you. So to you, you’re just waiting for them to return so that you can show them how much you miss them, and tell them your dreams of how you just meet them there just to feel them, wow, that’s the power of music. I love how the song starts with those intricate guitar melodies laying down for TerraTara’s soothing vocals to ride on. Then you see those mandolin? My goodness, I love how it mixes with the guitar and let’s those bass shines without interfering with those drums. The song’s rhythm is crazy and hella intriguing, leaving you wanting for more. The song then puts you into this corner where even tho you’re separated physically, but emotionally you’re together, with lines like “love has gone away, and why doesn’t it stay” bringing forth the emotions longing has on you when your partner is away. Then the chorus giving you assurance and letting you know how much your partner adores you with its lines like “you’re a warrior of love, babe.” The song is like a poem that paints loads of sentimental images while listening, it let’s you dream and keeps you hooked to what the dream entails.
Well what can I say? This song Warrior of Love by TerraTara is indeed a masterpiece, the soulful vocals, those beats, whew, then the pen game of the artist, just makes it an amazing body of work that can’t be ignored. So if you’re looking for a song that will pierce your soul and lets you get yourself lost in the physical world, then this song is what you need. For it has the ability to consume your thoughts and transport you to another world where you can be happy with that special person. So why don’t you go ahead and give this song a listen and treat yourself to some good music this weekend. ENJOY!! Make sure to check them out on the links below for more;
https://terratara.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.tiktok.com/@terrataramusic
https://www.instagram.com/terrataramusic/
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