REVIEW: Hope Tala - “Phoenix” Single
Singer-songwriter, Hope Tala, is entering the new year with a radiant introduction to her impending LP, Hope Handwritten. Her leading single of the year, “Phoenix,” is a buttery smooth acoustic track about how integral some friendships can be.
“Sometimes, when I’m writing a song, I’m not thinking how it might fit onto a project - I’m writing instead with the intention of confessing a feeling or communicating something significant to someone I love. I wrote ‘Phoenix’ for my best friend while we were separated geographically after a long period of time seeing each other every day, in an attempt to express some of what our friendship means to me. It was of course inevitable that this song, which is about how friendship has lifted me from darkness into hope, would eventually find its way onto Hope Handwritten.”
Hope Tala has a unique way of adding a certain kind of magic to each song she releases. Over the years, the artist has taken her love of song exploration & poetry and birthed it into a beautiful, individualized catalogue of her own. “Phoenix,” is a stripped-down single that draws focus to the lyrics of resilience & hope— “don’t break, just bend.” Her debut album, Hope Handwritten, is due to be released on February 28th, 2025 via PMR Records.