“Cold Winter” by Keels – A Song Review

     “Cold Winter” is elegantly textured without the typical reliance upon diverse registers. Even the percussion is often in the higher frequencies, using what is likely wooden drumsticks against metallic drum rims. The vocal harmony is the feature that draws attention during initial encounters with the track, and for easily defended reasons. After a few more listens, an appreciation for the percussion surfaces. Don’t be satisfied, since the guitars play a less prominent but equally praiseworthy role.

     The video of “Cold Winter” is embedded below. It is an unadorned yet highly effective visualization of the track’s theme – “Now I'm letting you go; Here comes a cold winter.” Like the song, the elegance of the video is in the simplicity of the individual contributions.

     The frontman of Keels is singer/songwriter Niall Keels of London. The music of Keels tends of be emotive and vocally driven. Niall states that he draws his inspiration mainly from his “heroes Johnny Cash, Phil Collins and Bruce Springsteen.”

     “Cold Winter” by Keels 

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Lyrics of “Cold Winter” by Keels

We've been here before

Keep closing open doors

That lead to separate ways

You and I we tried

To hold

To blur the lines

We're so close to far away

As I feel your hand in mine

I can feel we're slowly pulling out of time

Here's to letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

Now I'm letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

Head off to troubled times

Lost pictures I still find

Old memories out of sight

The aftermath of war

Shelves empty on the floor

Can't find the tears to cry

As I feel your hand in mine

I can feel you're slowly pulling out of time

Here's to letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

Now I'm letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

Here's to letting you go

Now I'm letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

I can't chase it

Can't erase it

Gotta face it

We'll never make it

I can't chase it

Can't erase it

Gotta face it

We'll never make it

Here's to letting you go

Here comes a cold winter

Now I'm letting you go

Here comes a cold winter