When it comes to songs about relationships, you're spoilt for choice really. But somehow, as the Architects' Sam Carter sings his heartfelt plea of 'I'll be the one to make you smile again', we feel like there's room for just this one more.
The third single from the band's The Here And Now album, Heartburn merits greatly from pursuing a more melodic angle than many of the other tracks from the LP. This one's all about the big choruses, that rush of emotion that swells through your body like a thing alive.
With refrains of 'lose all your inhibitions', Heartburn feels like the band letting their guard down, becoming softer, more aware of themselves. Bookended by lush swathes of acoustic guitar, the real meat of the choruses lies between.
This contrast of fast and slow, smooth and rough; it feels only befitting of a track singing the trials and tribulations of a relationship. But what makes it work so well is that common factor between the opposed halves, that shared interest. And so, like the perfect couple, Heartburn comes together in wonderful union.
Heartburn is available to download from Amazon now - the digital EP includes an exclusive acoustic version of the track.
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