Luke Combs, Six Feet Apart | Track Review 🎵

Country superstar Luke Combs delivers the perfect pandemic song, “Six Feet Apart,” that speaks to devastating times & looks towards recovery.

“I miss my mom, I miss my dad / I miss the road, I miss my band / Giving hugs and shaking hands…” Social distancing, post COVID-19, is likely to be a word many of us would like to forget. Country superstar Luke Combs explores the effects of social distancing, and the coronavirus pandemic overall on his single, “Six Feet Apart.”

As the except from the chorus, the centerpiece of “Six Feet Apart,” shows, Luke Combs is perturbed, much like the world is, about the effects that the coronavirus pandemic has had on everything. He continues:

“…It’s a mystery, I suppose
Just how long this thing goes
But there’ll be crowds and there’ll be shows
And there’ll be light after the dark
Some day when we aren’t six feet apart.”

Combs looks toward the hope that the new normal will eventually return to the ‘normal’ that we are used to.  Backtracking, on the first verse, he reflects on spring, and how this wonderful time has been diminished because of COVID-19.  ‘Springing forward,’ on the second verse, he thinks about plans once things open back up – “First thing that I’m gonna do / Slide on in some corner booth / And take the whole damn family out / Buy my buddies all a round / Pay some extra on the tab” (You expected beer, didn’t you?). His thinking isn’t far-fetched from anyone who longs for everything that’s been taken by COVID-19.

With so much focus on the lyrics (Combs, Brent Cobb, and Rob Snyder), it should be noted that Combs sounds commanding and expressive as he sings these lyrics from the heart. Furthermore, the sound is country through and through – true to Combs’ roots and not some ill-suited pop experiment.  Along with Chip Matthews, they assemble a fitting backdrop that’s heavy on guitar.

Final Thoughts

So, how does “Six Feet Apart” stack up? The end result is the perfect pandemic song that speaks to uncomfortable times, despite being ‘healthy at home.’ “Six Feet Apart” looks towards the recovery – that bright future that hopefully, resembles normalcy.

Luke Combs • “Six Feet Apart” • Sony Music Entertainment • Release: 5.1.20

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