Holly Humberstone, Kissing In Swimming Pools | Track Review 🎵

English singer/songwriter Holly Humberstone shines on “Kissing In Swimming Pools,” an advance single from her debut LP, Paint My Bedroom Black.  

“When you found me, I was a train wreck / You gathered my bones in a blanket,” English singer/songwriter 🎙 Holly Humberstone, sings in the first pre-chorus of 🎵 “Kissing In Swimming Pools”.  The nearly five-minute single appears as the fourth track from her debut album, 💿 Paint My Bedroom Black (arrives October 13, 2023). Humberstone penned “Kissing In Swimming Pools” alongside producer, 🎛 Rob Milton. All told, “Kissing In Swimming Pools” is a strong musical offering from a rising star.

“Kissing In Swimming Pools” commences with guitar accompaniment, keeping things relatively simple.  Humberstone serves up sweet vocals. Her tone is excellence and she never over sings.  There are two consecutive verses, with musical cues helping to differentiate both.  For example, the addition of drums and bass up the ante in the second verse. “Kissing In Swimming Pools” encompasses matters of the heart, always a fitting topic! In the first verse, Holly sings, “I wanna know if you think about me that way.”  In the second, she asserts, “I wanna be the one that gets to fix you, honey / I wanna sleep to your sound.” The third verse, which appears later, may be the most colorful: “Call me up and tell me I’m pretty / Then we’ll get drunk, and I’ll give you my body.” Ooh-la-la! Of course, the biggest, most important moment of “Kissing In Swimming Pools” is the chorus:

“So, can we kiss your swimming pool?

In this bathing suit, I would die for you

Maybe I don’t have to leave so soon

You look heavenly in this shade of blue

We don’t have to complicate it

I just wanna be alone with you

I – I just wanna be alone with you.”

Also helping the chorus to shine is a more robust sound. Still, even as things grow, Humberstone never overdoes things.  All told, 🎵 “Kissing In Swimming Pools” is absolutely gorgeous – a winner through and through.

🎙 Holly Humberstone • 💿 Paint My Bedroom Black • 🏷 Holly Humberstone • 🗓 10.13.23

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