There's a crackling energy about Sarah Wilde-Jones that you can't mistake, and on her latest single, "Is It True," she injects that voltage right into the veins of Irish indie-pop.
The June 27th-released single is the second offering from Wilde-Jones' developing EP, a series of tracks shared like diary pages being torn out before our eyes. "Is It True" is tinged with emotional uncertainty, cutting in on those fragile moments when love becomes watery, instincts losing out to illusion. It's the sort of song that not only asks questions but makes you feel the ache of not having the answers. It feels excellent from the first beat, rich, moody, and emotionally stark. The immaculate production from Dave McCune, a high-profile drummer and producer at Ventry Recording Studios, is beautifully polished without ever stripping away from the Wilde-Jones trademark. Her voice floats and flares and is grounded as she dissects that age-old source of conflict between heart and mind. Each lyric lands like a truth you wished you could ignore. The collaboration is no accident. Sponsored by OGX Marketing and the Irish Arts Council, "Is It True" is not simply a single but a symbolically audacious cultural declaration, a declaration of Wilde-Jones' growing influence in modern Irish music culture.
It's more than just good, well-crafted music. What sets "Is It True" apart is its emotional frankness. Wilde-Jones isn't performing openness, it inhabits her. The chorus, swollen with doubt and desperation, is the sort of thing you find yourself murmuring at half past midnight or muttering during a walk home when you are alone with your thoughts.
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