Hudson Scott - Gone

Where debut single ‘Clay’ and its follow-up ‘Whale’ painted Hudson Scott as a purveyor of twisting melody, taking his pop sensibilities and bending them into ever-more otherworldly shapes, ‘Gone’ takes a different tact. Gunning straight for the heart, it’s Scott’s most immediate offering to date.

Don’t be fooled – there’s still a bent edge to Scott’s instrumentation, synths taking on space-age guises throughout. ‘Gone’ picks up the pace, though, driving forward with a motorik pulse and fidgety guitar lines that feel like an echo of his Oxford hometown’s math-rock past.

Framed around a tale of abandonment, ‘Gone’ finds Hudson Scott desperately seeing out the brightness, attempting to lift the dampened spirits of his storytelling with a shimmering musical backdrop. As he adds festival dates to his summer schedule, though, there’s no danger of Hudson Scott staying lonely for long - these are songs that are purpose built for packed-out tents and adoring, sun-kissed masses.