New Music Review - ‘Incomplete’ by Simon Hirst
The cover art for Incomplete! Releasing next week. This was shot in Raglan during the middle of winter, what a trooper!
Photography by Arie Stokes.
Hamilton based father and musician, Simon Hirst is always looking for his next song to write and is due to release a newbie track on the 31st July called Incomplete. Simon has been pumping the gas with his constant creation of new tunes and is even looking to release his debut album later this year, which I am personally really looking forward to hearing!
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I got a sneaky listen of the new single - a fantastic song with a really moving meaning behind it. Incomplete tugs at the heartstrings and gives you a glimpse inside of Simon’s fantastic mind. So, what is the song about, you’re probably wondering. Don’t worry - I’ve got you covered with that! Si has written a little blurb on what the story tells -
“It’s sort of about someone struggling with self-worth and regrets. The character in the song is a girl, but it’s really meant for anyone who has not felt good enough for any number of reasons. It’s about a beauty that I believe goes deeper than the skin and is more important. Acknowledging that we are all broken in some way but finding the beauty in things that are often deeper than our fragile and cracked exteriors.”
Absolutely beautiful and relatable words there, Si. Thank you for sharing such a deep and personal meaning with the world.
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So, what do I personally think of the track? Well, first of all, it reels in brilliance and truth with the way it all comes together - it seems that the lyrics and the music are meant to connect in the right way and Si has certainly achieved that form of excellent combination right from the get go. The beat of the music make it a highly likeable solid pop song that you will appreciate if you’re into pop music (however, I do recommend to everyone, no matter your favourite genre!). The vocals echoing make it a cool experience near the start of the song, it gives it that nice balance.
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A beautifully melodic experience, Incomplete takes you through the motions of being on that journey to find what you love about yourself, even if you have that feeling of not thinking that you can be any more than a beaten down person in life - we are all more than what we think about ourselves and Incomplete shouts that out to the world. I think that everyone has patches through their lives where they feel this way, but there are a lot of things that we can do to make ourselves less incomplete, pardon the pun there.
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Incomplete definitely deserves airtime when it comes out next week - it is so relaxed and even the artwork is a standout attraction to this single. As you can see, Si is floating in the sea, it could hold many meanings, but to me, it’s like hitting a refresh button when you are feeling as described above. Give it a whirl and make sure to click the follow button on all of Si’s socials and Spotify for more up-to-date information on when the album is going to drop.
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You can find Simon on the below platforms and don’t forget to keep your eyes open for this track on release day next week -