‘Lost & Found’ is the third single release from Leeds-based singer-songwriter Carmen Mclean and it’s a miniature gem that sparkles like a drop of water refracting the sun. McLean says that it “creates a cosy landscape of comfort and bliss, exploring themes of sexuality, safety and authenticity, whilst encapsulating the joys of finding companionship and compatibility”.
It’s a drowsy afternoon of a song and the line “I feel her softness, and it’s all around me. We’ve made our home in the sheets alone for the night” is so evocative as ‘Lost & Found’ easily conjures up the sensation of nestling; burrowing into the sheets to cocoon yourself with your love to retain the warmth and keep any ardour from escaping.
The gentle arrangement of drums, guitar and violin doesn’t get in the way of a quiet euphoria in the vocal delivery and I hope with three singles out in the world that there is an EP or album on the way as Carmen McLean is an artist to watch.
Writer, vocalist, violinist – Carmen McLean
Producer – Abi Rudd
Guitarist – Eve Creighton
Electric Guitarist – Izzy Hobbs
Drummer – Paolo Mazzoni
Lost & Found Lyrics:
Here, in the lost & found
She holds me close, wraps her arms around me
And won’t let go
She holds me close for the night
Safe, in the lost & found
I feel her softness, and it’s all around me
We’ve made our home
In the sheets alone for the night
And home is where her
Heart beats warm and slow
Soothe all my wounds
Paint me in gold, gold
Calm, in the lost & found
Her on mine, intertwined and bound
By the yellow comfort
And everlasting light
And home is where her
Heart beats warm and slow
Soothe all my wounds
Paint me in gold, gold
Cause home is where her
Heart beats warm and slow
Soothe all my wounds
Paint me in gold, gold
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