A pastoral folk bliss radiates throughout Tia McGraff’s “Sometimes Love’s Like That.” Her vocals have a sweetness, conveying this affectionate tenor. Guitar work embraces a lighter-than-air disposition, for its nimbleness is quite life-affirming.
Best of all, the song has this fully immersive aspect, magnifying every gesture in the vast space. Rhythms embrace this sparkling gentle spirit. Plenty of hope guides the music, allowing for the right amount of dignity and grace. Besides the folk musings, parts of ambient, classical, and even hints of jazz are interspersed. Never overstaying its welcome, she lets the track have a dignified expressiveness.
Melodies glide their way through. From the first moment, the song has a tenderness. She lets the build-up feel gracious. The guitar chords have a poignancy. Verses cascade one on the other, ensuring the right degree of compassion pours through.
While it does become louder, it retains the intimacy that opens the entire adventure. Akin to an incredible journey, the many different paths she explores go for the vivid. Kaleidoscopic at times, she lets the surreal aura feel all-consuming.
Piano, in particular, allows the delicate sensibility to have this fragile beauty. Like it could break apart anytime, the wispy aspect feels highly colorful. By the time it reaches the last stretch of the piece, the song gets wrapped together into a cohesive whole.“Sometimes Love’s Like That” reveals the exquisite beauty that Tia McGraff explores with such devotion and honesty.
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