“I suppose on the day of writing ‘Army’ I was feeling frustrated with my situation and wanted to channel that frustration into something positive. This is a song of perseverance the kind of track you’ll likely hear a sports team walk out to.įor Simpson, “Army” comes from a place of tension it is his cathartic release. “Army” is the perfect introduction for Simpson the powerhouse singer presents his impressive vocal range and raw might in a song that can apply as much to love, as it can any task, goal, and hardship. ‘Cause I found my way through! Otis Simpson © 2019 That’s why I can’t understand when artists limit themselves to a specific genre or style I couldn’t do that if I tried because I have to feel the music and each emotion creates a different genre, thus a different type of song.” No, an army won’t stop me from getting to you no rockets won’t rule me ‘Cause I found my way through No, an army won’t stop me Bullets won’t block me Rockets won’t blow me Currently I’m not really hearing anything that’s representing me or my emotions and with all my music and songs, each one is just another slice of my mind, or as I like to think of them, a snapshot into my head. “It was important to me that the song was bold, brash and uncompromising in its soulful roots. “With ‘Army’ I wanted to make a statement of intent,” Simpson tells Atwood Magazine.
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A raw piano backs the singer as he begins his dynamic onslaught, but it’s not long before a full band’s worth of keys, backing singers, brass, and woodwinds announce themselves with spirited intensity. “ I’ve got to get me something, get me something good… I see it in your eyes you’d stop me if you could,” Simpson sings in an entrance that stops us in our tracks. Stream: “Army” – Otis Simpson Army – Otis SimpsonĪtwood Magazine is proud to be premiering Otis Simpson’s debut single “Army,” out February 8, 2019. The London artist emerges today with his emphatic debut single “ Army,” a spirited assertion of confidence bathed in elegant explosions of personal and instrumental might. With golden pipes backed by the vocal power of Sparta, Otis Simpson is destined to be a great singer – and nothing in this world will stop him.
It was important to me that the song was bold, brash and uncompromising in its soulful roots. Otis Simpson emerges with his emphatic debut “Army,” a spirited assertion of confidence bathed in elegant explosions of personal and instrumental might.