Taste Test: Rosie H Sullivan brings the world to a standstill with ‘So It Is’

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Simple songs are sometimes the ones that catch your ear the most powerfully, and ‘So It Is’ with Rosie H Sullivan’s first single. The Scottish teenager shows quiet mastery of the guitar using a delightfully complex fingerstyle pattern to enchant her listeners. Sullivan’s musical talent is not limited to instruments however, as her vocals seems to stop time with quiet serenity. The song is made even more special by the raw and stripped down nature of the production. “So It Is” is recorded in one take, with one mic, sitting in the Aberdeenshire wilderness with a bird chirping in the trees above her. After a turbulent year, a relationship breakdown and a major move from her home, her music offered a moment of peace and stability. “Where’s there’s sun there’s a storm/Rising from the ground/Keep your peace keep it all” she reminds us, her voice soothing and calm. “So It Is” is a quiet and powerful reminder to take each day as it comes, and treasure the little moments of positivity.

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