“All She Was” by Midwave Breaks – A Song Feature

 

     Reviews of “All She Was" have been posted, and there are comparisons to the storytelling style of classic Bruce Springsteen and modern-day Sam Fender. And we agree; there is an uncommon intelligence in the lyrical description (the lyrics are included in this post). But from the vocal and instrumental perspectives, our comparisons are to Kings of Leon and the guitarist of U2 (“The Edge”). The vocal comparison is most apparent at the start of the song from Midwave Breaks. On the other hand, the chiming timbres through echoing notes, which are perhaps most aligned with The Edge, shine through during the final 30 seconds of “All She Was.”   
 
     Midwave Breaks are a New Zealand duo generating an expansive sound. They are based in Tauranga and comprise multi-instrumentalist Bruce Conlon and drummer Paul Russell. In April 2024, Midwave Breaks will tour with Incubus. For tour information, visit https://www.facebook.com/midwavebreaks/events.

      The band explains “All She Was” as “essentially a love song from lead singer Bruce to his wife and daughter,” with a ‘positive energy, hooky chorus, and a rousing instrumental outro.” The song is one of three tracks on the recently released album “Standing Inside Out.” While the tracks may have been recorded in a farmhouse in rural New Zealand, some were mixed in the U.S by Grammy Award winning engineer Mark Needham, most notable for his work with The Killers (Mr. Brightside) and Imagine Dragons. 

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Lyrics of “All She Was” by Midwave Breaks
Could you come a little closer
The streetlights here are the same
They're winding like a river moon
Coming over the horizon
 
The cascading line of people's lives weaving through
The stories told, are the difference
The difference between me and you
We're in this ember light again
 
Into your arms again
We are the storm
Could you turn it down just a little?
Just give me one more day
Cos I'm falling asleep again
 
You are the vespertine, the sophrosyne
And I could catch you in the tallest tower
Just to see you again
 
And all she was, was the best thing I ever knew
Like a tidal wave of the sun
And she never was, anything but the best to you
This ember light
We can make it home just me and you
You and me
 
Coming over the horizon
With the memories slipping back
The journey we made, making up a pattern
Sinking in like Tupac
And I won't even take it back
 
And the way home is pulling me, pulling me back
And I don't even know where I am
But I can feel, I can feel, the pull of the sun and the moon
With the gravity, gravity at my back
 
And all she was, was the best thing I ever knew
Like a tidal wave of the sun
And she never was, anything but the best to you
This ember light
We can make it home just me and you
You and me
 
We can make it home just me and you
You and me
[Repeating]
 
We can make it home just me and you