New Music Review - ‘Daisy’ by Castaway
Daisy was released on the 7th June 2024 from Christchurch indie band, Castaway. Cover artwork: Castaway’s Instagram.
Seeking new heights with an incredible three singles under their belt that have been released over the course of 2024, Castaway have blown the figurative petals away with their stunning new, heartfelt track, Daisy, which was released on 7th June 2024.
While the topic of what Daisy speaks is on complex issues, the instrumental work on the track is straightforward, maintaining an easy path to follow and ensures a breezy listening experience.
Upon first hearing Daisy, a piece of my heart got lost in the tune, sincerely revolutionising and making me question how as humans we view things, feel things and how we are able to consume Castaway’s music.
Daisy is a special, close to home track for the five Castaway lads; it touches on the honesty of wanting to have one final conversation with a loved one, which evokes an array of multiple emotions, something that I feel that only certain songs are able to do.
Castaway have been silently slipping into the music scene a lot more recently and have started to see heated success, having had their music played on well-loved New Zealand radio and even more recently, having had the opportunity to open for Drax Project at the Christchurch Town Hall.
Daisy grips the corners of your soul, allowing you to let those emotions out, like a friend whose shoulder you can easily cry on without judgement. Going through loss and separation themselves, Castaway are no strangers to how these feelings can affect your daily life and clearly wanted to say that it’s okay if you need to release them in order restore some normalcy after either of these situations in your own personal life.
As time moves forward, it gets easier, however, there are moments where you wish you could be with certain people who are no longer by your side and I think Castaway have brilliantly encapsulated those thoughts in the eternal flame that is forever going to be known as Daisy.
Daisy speaks higher volumes than what you could anticipate, so if you need a moment to yourself, I would recommend taking the tissues to a quiet place, listening to this song and letting the emotions melt down to where they need to be.
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