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Following a busy CMJ schedule, Brooklyn-based modern folk rocker Brett Saxon is continuing furthering his status as one of New York’s more active songwriters. Always popping up on different bills, acoustic guitar and harmonica in hand, Saxon’s live prowess and humble, cheery disposition has earned him the respect of many of his peers in the crowded city scene.
His latest output, the video for single “Charlotte’s Current”, extends the above sentiment in a clear visual format as Saxon enlists friends and family for a crowded, acoustic led cab ride. Saxon explains the inspiration behind the track:
“I was catching a show in the LES at a place where I’d catch shows but wasn’t getting booked their yet and I was watching this songwriter, you know the type, cookie cutter songwriter, nothing was different, he was just another house in the development, maybe his garage was on the right side of the house instead of the left, but the rest of the floor plan was the same. This made me upset, because he wasn’t doing anything different or trying to push any limits and getting good gigs. I don’t know.
There is an art to writing a great pop song and I respect the shit out of that, but that’s not the direction I want to go in, but I also wanted to prove to myself that I could write one, maybe if anything just to clear my head and remind myself to stay on course, or maybe out of spite. All I know is I went home sat down to write and 30 minutes later I had “Charlotte’s Current.”
Watch the video for “Charlotte’s Current” above and look for more from Brett Saxon soon.
