Starbucks Pick of the Week: ‘Don’t Get Hung Up in Your Soul’ – Richard Hawley

Richard Hawley is a mutli-talented performer who has met with marginal success. Over the years his five albums have produced a number of songs that reflect his multifaceted abilities.

With the release of his latest album Truelove’s Gutter (which is currently in the top 20 on the British album chart) “Don’t Get Hung Up in Your Soul” is exemplary of a tortured person’s way of cheering themselves up.

Set to a haunting melody this track feels like an exposed nerve. It’s the sort of song that keeps you in a place where you want to remember all the bad things that have ever happened to you – if for no other reason than to exorcise the demons that won’t leave you alone. The lyrics like the instrumentation are minimal, but pack an emotional punch as the title is constantly repeated.

The unnerving whistle at the end is also a not so subtle reminder that loneliness can’t be battered away just by saying “Don’t Get Hung Up in Your Soul.”