Per Ploug’s latest offering is a beautiful cry for some reason in a world that is severely lacking. Gentle, warm, soft, but incredibly loud and soft.
‘Piece Of My Mind’ is the title of Per Ploug’s latest single. Ploug is a singer and a songwriter who is based in the town of Dalkey in Ireland, and he has a piercing voice that is not scared of asking bold, blunt questions, and he does so in his latest piece. For his sixth single Ploug has teamed up with his musician and producer friend Eoin Mulcahy. A seemingly simplistic question aimed at humanity, Per presents challenging questions to the human race and their devious impact on the world, nature, and themselves, to a stunningly profound musical backdrop.
The vivid and lush mix is home to some puffy, soothing beats, featuring a brushed snare and a driving kick pattern, going well against the consistent guitar arpeggio that defines the song’s core chord structure. Moreover, Ploug and Mulcahy go orchestral as the song progresses, introducing a pizzicato part that further solidifies ‘Piece Of My Mind’ as a song with a distinctive character as the wailing violins fade gradually in, continuing to grow until a whole string ensemble carries the song’s graceful crescendo forward, all the while the song’s simple, melancholic composition score one success after another at being emotionally moving.
From the song’s ever so gentle beat and ever in motion pace, it is safe to say that Per Ploug is continuing to prove himself as a capable artist of creating stirring sceneries with his arrangements. Reminding me of another hidden British gem, King Creosote, Per Ploug easily impressed us with ‘Piece Of My Mind