Hunter Metts - “Somehow You’re Always There”
Photo by Brandon Exum
From Franklin, Tennessee, Hunter Metts makes his way back onto our blog with his brand new, vibrantly folksy and heartfelt offering: “Somehow You’re Always There.”
Before pressing that play button, please note that this tune will move you through a gamut of emotions as it tackles the colossal concept of grief. “Somehow You’re Always There” begins with some remarkably intimate sounds from an acoustic guitar, flooding your ears with a profound sense of melancholy. The soft notes of a piano carefully accentuate this feeling, causing the track to instantly resonate within us.
Metts’ careful and emotive vocal performance strengthens this dark motif as he meanders through the grieving process. At this point, “Somehow You’re Always There” maintains a certain lo-fi quality, as though Metts is performing the song in the room with you. However, as the track continues, the dramatically dynamic arrival of the rhythm section prompts layers of falsettos that will resound throughout your own sense of impermanence.
The tune was penned after Metts had experienced a significant loss, adding: “I was able to pour my heart into ‘Somehow You’re Always There’, finding therapy in crafting a tribute to my best friend's mom lost to the Covid 19 pandemic. The song became a canvas for my grief, and tells the journey of losing a loved one through memories and emotions. Each note and lyric carried the weight of loss, yet the act of creating offered solace, allowing me to navigate the pain and cherish the enduring connection in the midst of loss.”
Metts has magnificently harnessed the waves of emotion that arrive upon losing a loved one. And though this is not completely unheard of in this vast world of music, it is often rare to find a song, such as “Somehow You’re Always There,” that so remarkably fills the seemingly infinite emptiness of grief.
-HD