On her latest single Home, Loch Lomond folk-pop singer Liv Dawn turns inward, sketching out scenes from her childhood.
The track is built around a sense of nostalgia, reaching for the warmth of memory through acoustic textures and unadorned lyrics.
Dawn’s writing is literal, an almost diaristic snapshot of time: “Dance around the kitchen table, playing with my little brother / I hope he catches all the dreams he hopes for.” Later, she recalls her bedroom, “full of posters of pretty ponies / wild and free just like my soul.”
Musically, Home situates itself firmly in the folk-pop tradition, its arrangements soft and familiar. The melody moves gently, unhurried, like flicking through a photo album. The track captures the intimacy of personal memory: a childhood house, a sibling bond, the posters that once filled a teenager’s walls.
Home is not about the universal but the particular, preserving one person’s version of home; a sentimental and specific keepsake.
You can catch Liv in Sneaky Pete’s Edinburgh on 20th of September. Tickets available here.
