There's a type of song, one that doesn't simply blare into your speakers at home but snatches you up and drops you deep in a moment, an emotion, a memory you never realised was gone. Only a few songs can achieve that, and Kari Lyn has given the world one of those great tracks in her new single, "Home."
The Toronto via PEI singer/songwriter, who has quickly become known for writing songs that lay a listener bare as much lyrically as it builds up with hooks, and "Home" might be the most powerful concoction of the two to date. The track, produced by Dan Hosh Arkells, Wild Rivers, unspools like a familiar set of directions, a mile marker served up in each verse, and a gust of wind that picks you up as the chorus hits.
The sound has a natural, acoustic glow from the first strum, so warm and inviting. However, lean in a little closer and it becomes less merely a matter of place than the reckoning of time with place. Crafted during a songwriting session with production duo Good Grief through Canada's Music Incubator, "Home" echoes the whirlwind experience of Kari Lyn's six-year adventure through 29 countries. A dispatch from the highway, postmarked with a reminder that what you are looking for is often right in your pocket.
Kari spent years leaving home and seeing the world to realise how much of it she needed. That feeling runs through every note, a gentle longing in the verses, a breezy abandon in the chorus, and an unmistakable stream of East Coast pride in the details.