Paul Cook And The Chronicles Present A Moving Piece With “Chin Up”
“Only love can mess you up” is the place Paul Cook arrives at in musing about a friend in need of some unwanted truths.
The self-proclaimed “singer-songwriter type from London town” has come with a powerful and delicately balanced work with “Chin Up”. With warm acoustic strumming that feels as though it is perpetually descending, Cook suggests his companion continue investing in life with a tone filled with promise but not to an overstated degree. At the gorgeous bridge that carries the song into its final hook, Cook even suggests “maybe next year you’ll fall in love”. It’s a truly beautiful summary of attempting to convince someone who has lost their way that they can find it again.
For an exemplary performance of friendship, you can stream “Chin Up” here:
