November 09, 2024
It was after seeing a story shared by our favorite cellist Harley Eblen (yes, him again, we also talk about him in our article on Genesis Ritchot) that we discovered "The Walls." And from the first listen, we instantly fell in love with Jordan Hart's voice and melancholic universe. There’s no intro to this song; it starts directly with Jordan's voice, whose quality stands far above anything else we’ve heard this month. Harley Eblen's strings come in fairly quickly, and it’s clear why these two have collaborated: they share the same sensitivity. It’s obvious.
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The song has been added to "Niko's Music Mixtape", our monthly virtual CD on Spotify.
A bit more about Jordan Hart
Jordan Hart is a Gold-certified producer/singer-songwriter living in Toronto, Canada. His sound is often categorized as Contemporary/Roots with influences of Soul. Featured on YouTube performance platforms Mahogany and Alex Rainbird’s ‘Best of Folk’ series, as well as on Canadian mainstream television channels CTV, ETalk, Breakfast TV and Entertainment Tonight, Hart’s critically acclaimed debut EP ‘Only Pieces of the Truth’ struck a chord amongst tastemakers, and now has over 10 million streams across platforms. The emotive cinematic soundscapes of his EP made their way from studio to screen as his single “Whole” was featured on Grey’s Anatomy and single “Freedom” featured on award-winning animated short, ‘Free Bird,’ which doubles as the song’s music video. While Hart’s success during the pandemic was centered around his recorded music, his live performance is what he has come to be known for. In 2018 Hart completed a 100 – Day Busking Challenge in which he played on streetcorners across Canada, often garnering audiences in the hundreds of unexpecting passers-by. While Hart is now a veteran headliner and is selling out shows across the country, you can still find him playing outside on the odd summer day where he first fell in love with performing music. Beyond his work as a solo artist, Hart is gaining an impressive track record as a producer and composer for other artists, working with the likes of Bulow, Kiesza, Lucky Rose, and Lonely in the Rain to name a few.
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Lyrics
I should’ve learned to let you in
Beyond my calm and calloused grin
And all the scars beneath my skin
All the walls I built around my heart
I wish I wasn’t so afraid
I wish I lived above the shame
That captured me and then became
All the walls I built around my heart
All the walls I built around my heart
Around my heart
If freedom taught me how to run
I would run beside you just for fun
But it’s fear that made these wings I’m on
And the walls I built around my heart
All the walls I built around my heart
Around my heart
Around my heart
Around my heart
Around my heart
(Can we still break down?)
Around my heart
(Can we still break down?)
Around my heart
(Can we still break down?)
Around my heart
(Can we still break down?)
There’s a piece of me that’s always yours
And it’s crashing wildly on the shore
I just hope it doesn’t break before
All the walls I built around my heart
All the walls I built around my heart
