Just in time for the good weather and summer season kickoff in Canada, has dropped a seven-song EP, designed for backyard sing-alongs and good nights. Campfire Troubadour takes Hicks back to the same kind of musical roots that so many of us have: sitting, singing with friends, listening to some crickets in the background, and having fun.
And it works.
For 25 minutes, across seven songs, Tim Hicks makes me want to get out of town, find a patch of grass with some trees on the edge and a fire pit in the middle. I want my friends there with me while we chat and listen to the words of the new songs and sing along with the ones we know.
And you know what, for me, that's a win. And if this EP does that for you too, that's a win for you too.
The Campfire Troubadour EP comes at us with new songs that fans of Hicks are going to come to love and learn ( Slow, Horses and Hearts, Annaleigh, Last Can, After All These Beers) and tracks that are ready for you to sing along with right now. That mix makes it feel welcoming (along with the stripped-down arrangements and sound). It makes me feel like maybe I do already know these songs. And like I'll be singing along in no time.
The ones I am ready to sing right away though - I'm going loud and hard and all-in on!
The Campfire Edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty was a great inclusion by Tim Hicks here. Not only do we get another push on the radio single, but we also get a little different vibe and a reminder of the things that are fun about the track. And, we get to sing it like we're at a fire with friends, on play number one of the EP.
And lastly, we get to talk about Don't Look Back In Anger.
If you're putting together a playlist of sing-along songs from the time that Tim Hicks was learning to play the guitar and sing songs with friends or alone, there's a really strong chance that Oasis's 1995 classic is going to on the list (even if you don't know Tim Hicks). It's a karaoke classic, a campfire staple, an everlasting and beloved hit.
And you can sing along as loud as you want. The choice could have been Wonderwall. And we would have sung along to that too - but Don't Look Back In Anger was the right call in my humble opinion.
Now, hit play on any or all of the songs' lyric videos here - or skip down to the stream below and hit play to listen to the EP in full.
Enjoy - and be ready to sing along.
Tim Hicks - Slow
Tim Hicks - Horses and Hearts
Tim Hicks - The Good, the Bad and the Pretty (Campfire Edition)
Tim Hicks - Annaleigh
Tim Hicks - Last Can
Tim Hicks - Don't Look Back In Anger
Tim Hicks - After All These Beers
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Tim Hicks, Campfire Troubadour Tracklist
