This year Harry Heart is taking transformation in his stride. He first shared his new single ‘Can’t Be Led’ as music NFT, promising to only release it once the NFT had sold. The music NFT sold in 24 hours, and now he’s making good on his promise, sharing the song with us on all streaming services.
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Harry Heart – ‘Can’t Be Led’
Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer Harry Heart knows how to blend stadium rock with a DIY aesthetic. As a British-Australian artist, he embraces duality. Refined yet messy. Traditional yet inventive. His guitar tone is a nod to U2 and The Killers. His production style shows influence from St Vincent and James Blake. Now he’s venturing deep into Web3, embracing the NFT space and blockchain technology.
Written and produced in Manchester, ‘Can’t Be Led’ is a dynamic, pulsing slow-dance of piano-focused electronica.
“I need a mantra, to remind myself of who I am and what I can do,” Heart explains “I told myself “I can’t be led” over and over in this song, and I want you to hear it and know that you can’t be led anywhere you don’t want to go”.
The song lends itself to the guitars of Tears for Fears, the earthshaking low end of DARKSIDE, and the vocal experimentation of Kanye West’s ‘808s and Heartbreak’. There is also a dash of Asleep In The Back era ‘Elbow’ in there too.
‘Can’t Be Led’ is one of those tracks that just continues to give with every listen. We recommend a good pair of headphones to really feel close to those hushed, yet powerfully repeating lyrics.
“An entrancing and enthralling piece of songwriting that you won’t be able to get out of your head.”
A strong advocate for independent artists, he releases music through Kinda Grizzly, the record label he founded with his brother Julian Wa and uses the label’s resources to aid his peers in Britain, Australia and beyond.
‘Can’t Be Led’ is out now and is the first single from the sophomore album ‘Cambistry’.
About Harry Heart
Since his return to the UK from Australia, the dual-national has featured on BBC Introducing’s Hot List, made his BBC 6 Music debut, and performed alongside the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, The Slow Readers Club, Lewis Watson and Radical Face (USA) and has clocked over 800,000 streams across Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud.
Every release from Harry Heart adds to his artistry and story, as a long-time favourite of RCM we always welcome news of new music from this true independent artist.
Harry Heart will be playing live in London at The Finsbury on the 24th of November, and at The Castle Hotel in Manchester on the 30th of November. We recommend you catch him live.
Harry Heart – Cambistry
The ‘Cambistry’ album is being minted one track at a time as a music NFT series in 2022. There are eleven tracks, only one NFT will be available to buy per track.
When the NFT is bought, the track will be released for streaming on all platforms. No NFT sale means no official release of the track. Simple. So go and invest in your first music NFT and help free the music for the rest of us! Join Harry’s mailing list to find out more.
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