Local rocker Arno Carstens is back with a bang. The singer makes his highly-anticipated musical return this week as he drops his brand-new single ‘Go Easy Love’.
“Go Easy Love” forms part of a 10-part collage of music that Arno will continue to release over the reaming months of 2020. The previous releases of 2019, which include the tracks “Lift my Spirit”, “Empire of the Night” (a finalist at the 2019 US International Song Writing Competition), “Don’t Let it Be”, “Out of the Blue”, “Midnight Screams” and “Erupt” will be included in this eclectic assembly.
Although not a studio album in the traditional sense, Arno’s intention is to present a complete body of work before the end of the year, with the understanding that sometimes “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. The bigger picture connects Arno’s love of energised alt-pop production on one side of the spectrum, with his ability to craft anthemic acoustic driven ballads on the other.
The singer worked remotely with Fred den Hartog and Dane Taylor on the track and is one he has been very excited about. “’Go Easy Love’ is a confessional song, the reflections of an unhappy partner; it’s about a relationship that’s on the edge and yet still salvageable through simultaneous acts of selflessness and tenderness,” Arno tells us. “Although the song is pretty straight forward, it still had its challenges, especially working around our collective lockdown restrictions. That said, we managed to deliver a fun, emotionally complex and beat-driven song that a lot of people will possibly relate to.”
Listen to ‘Go Easy Love’ here:
