The Wishing Tree is the latest single to be released by singer/songwriter Martin Moran. Having been kept busy with a number of projects currently in the pipeline, Moran has found time to release his first single of 2024. The song marks a change in sound for the County Meath native which he puts down mainly to his guitar playing on the track.
“There’s kind of a lot of chords in the song but the the lead guitar doesn’t really play straight chords. It’s always playing either a melody, a counter melody or some moving progression behind the actual tune of the song”, says Moran. “Also, instead of doing two separate harmony parts, I played it on multiple strings of the one guitar at the same time. I found it gave a nice distortion and a cool kind of feedback that blended into the sound of the song.”
Then there are nice support parts dropping in and out from piano, acoustic guitar and some melodic bass guitar parts. Not to mention a heavy presence of vocal harmonies to the four or five melody changes of the song. And of course there’s a strong storytelling element too which this particular songwriter always enjoys incorporating into his songs. Overall, a big indie rock song with 4 minutes 20 seconds on the clock, it gives plenty of bang for your buck.
The Wishing Tree is available on all streaming platforms now and can be downloaded for free at martinmoran.bandcamp.com.
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