After recently returning to deliver his stunning comeback single ‘How Close We Came’, his first piece of new material since last year’s EP ‘On Top‘ , Dan Croll has now unveiled the intimate live video for his newest offering.
While the original was recorded at Montrose Recording in Richmond, Virginia with Spacebomb’s Matthew E. White (Natalie Prass, Flo Morrissey, Slow Club) alongside his four-piece house band, these new visuals see him strip back his rustic release even further. As an exclusive performance for Taylor Guitars, he offers up a warm and humble rendition that elevates the heartfelt lyrics laced throughout his latest delight. WATCH HERE
Adding about the new video, Dan said, “Really excited to share these songs I captured, including my new single ‘How Close We Came,’ together with Taylor Guitars. When I first started playing music in my teens, I’d always dreamt of owning a Taylor guitar, but like any teenager, I was too broke and just continued to play an old nylon lying around the house. In an effort to improve some slipping (to put it kindly) academic grades, my dad promised to buy me a Taylor if I got into my first-choice university. Thankfully I did and I’ve been the proud owner of one for many years now! I took a drive down to San Diego to meet the team and spent the day filming in a beautiful space, and even got to enjoy some local beers from Harland Brewing.”
Dan Croll’s most recent album ‘Grand Plan‘ chronicled the twelve-month period starting in February 2018 when he impulsively decided to move to Los Angeles after the realisation that he was becoming restless in his native Liverpool. The restlessness was an existential one; Croll, like many in the latter half of their twenties, was questioning the very fibre of his being – career, relationships, life-choices, future. So he upped sticks. The resulting transition to life in California, going back to basics with his song-writing and taking inspiration from the music that truly inspired him (James Taylor, Burt Bacharach, Joni Mitchell), pushed Dan to document his experiences across 20-odd songs, eventually whittling them down to twelve chapters that chronicled this turbulent and formative twelve months.
‘Grand Plan’ ended on a note of romantic optimism, but his new material finds Croll at another crossroads. Still in L.A. he documents recent events with self-awareness, warmth and wit as a way to help him decide which direction to take. Five years after leaving his beloved Liverpool on a whim, his newest work poses a fundamental question – is it finally time to come home?
“What I love about songwriting is that it lets your subconscious out,” says Dan. “You start a creative ball rolling and suddenly a sea of revelations arrives. I didn’t know that my time here might be up until I listened back to the lyrics. Have I made up my mind yet? Maybe.”