23-year-old singer-songwriter Mason Summit has released his new single, “‘Round January”. The track is Summit’s first release since 2018’s critically-acclaimed protest song, “Thoughts & Prayers.’Round January’ was engineered by Jim Doyle at Doyle Audio, and features Jim Doyle on drums and tambourine with Harrison Whitford on slide guitar.

’Round January’ is an emotive, sweet little ditty that drifts delicately on mellow, soft instrumentation as Mason Summit showcases his vulnerable progressive musicianship. Warm acoustic guitar strums through the verses while the lamenting slide guitar and steady beat create a beautiful melancholic texture. The track gradually builds into a passionate chorus as Summit slips into his honeyed falsetto. With its dreamy woefulness and subtle instrumental intricacies Summit creates a lulling pool of hopeful-hued melancholia to submerge ourselves in on a dull January day. 

 About the track Summit Says:  “I wrote the song in Sean Holt’s songwriting class at USC. The prompt was to write a song for our eighth-grade selves. My father died in January of 2008, so it’s always been a difficult month for me. My goal with ‘‘Round January’ was to write a hopeful song while still acknowledging how hard it can be to stay positive. The song especially resonates with those who experience Seasonal Affective Disorder in the fall and winter months.“

Stream ’Round January’ below 

Author : Danu