“Voice
Inside” is the third release from The Tumbler’s upcoming debut album “Tangerine.”
The 14-track album is scheduled to drop on March 25, 2025. This third release
is compositionally masterful, lyrically intelligent, and vocally compelling.
The initial two verses of “Voice Inside” feature inward-looking lyrics paired with a steady guitar pattern that persists throughout, creating a reflective atmosphere. Between the two verses, two high-frequency guitar notes offer a sense of optimism. The high frequency interjections reappear during the second verse. The first two verses are:
After a shortened version of the chorus, the third verse is delivered with a fundamentally different approach. For the first line of the verse, the lead vocals are followed by “distant” backing vocals that echo most of the first line. Then, with each successive line in the verse, the lead vocals increasingly overlap with the echoing, until the lead and backing vocals are in synch for the final line - “Pretend everything is right.” The approach is engaging.
The song from The Tumblers then amps up the energy, until the first verse is repeated, but with the revealing final line, “And I’m always on my own in life.” The lead vocalist is Jack Crawford-Brown, who said of “Voice Inside:”
“This one means a lot to me, and I hope it resonates with you too— Being strong doesn’t mean doing it all alone. It’s okay to lean on people, to ask for help, and to let love and community carry us when we’re struggling. Let’s keep reminding each other to reach out and not go through the hard stuff by ourselves.”
The members of The Tumblers are Jack Crawford-Brown (lead vocals, guitar, mandolin), Emerson Sieverts (bass, vocals), Ian Anderson (lead guitar, banjo), and Will Frazier (drums). For numerous songs by The Tumblers, Camellia Hartman is the violinist. The band is based in New York.
Interestingly, while talking about the recording process, Jack said:
"One of the toughest and most beautiful things about recording in a barn is there are real sounds to deal with. Leaves from trees brushing up against the roof when the wind picked up. Birds singing all day. When it rained we would have to stop. There was one time when we were recording ‘Voice Inside’ and it started to drizzle. We took a little break and Ian picked up the banjo and Emerson and I were playing guitar. We all just started noodling together on the middle guitar breakdown in the song. It’s such a sweet, sincere part—full of hope. Evan, our engineer, started recording without us knowing and picked up about 5 minutes of it. You can hear the drops and wind coming down and we all just sort of sit there together, steeped in music. The week was filled with little moments like that."
"Voice Inside" by The Tumblers
The initial two verses of “Voice Inside” feature inward-looking lyrics paired with a steady guitar pattern that persists throughout, creating a reflective atmosphere. Between the two verses, two high-frequency guitar notes offer a sense of optimism. The high frequency interjections reappear during the second verse. The first two verses are:
I keep my worries to myself
I’m not the type to ask
for help
Cause my Mama said be
strong
And I try to go along
I stand up straighter
when I can
Cause they say courage
makes a man
And at times when I'm
afraid
And the sky fills up
with gray
And I… pretend that
everything is right
After a shortened version of the chorus, the third verse is delivered with a fundamentally different approach. For the first line of the verse, the lead vocals are followed by “distant” backing vocals that echo most of the first line. Then, with each successive line in the verse, the lead vocals increasingly overlap with the echoing, until the lead and backing vocals are in synch for the final line - “Pretend everything is right.” The approach is engaging.
The song from The Tumblers then amps up the energy, until the first verse is repeated, but with the revealing final line, “And I’m always on my own in life.” The lead vocalist is Jack Crawford-Brown, who said of “Voice Inside:”
“This one means a lot to me, and I hope it resonates with you too— Being strong doesn’t mean doing it all alone. It’s okay to lean on people, to ask for help, and to let love and community carry us when we’re struggling. Let’s keep reminding each other to reach out and not go through the hard stuff by ourselves.”
The members of The Tumblers are Jack Crawford-Brown (lead vocals, guitar, mandolin), Emerson Sieverts (bass, vocals), Ian Anderson (lead guitar, banjo), and Will Frazier (drums). For numerous songs by The Tumblers, Camellia Hartman is the violinist. The band is based in New York.
Interestingly, while talking about the recording process, Jack said:
"One of the toughest and most beautiful things about recording in a barn is there are real sounds to deal with. Leaves from trees brushing up against the roof when the wind picked up. Birds singing all day. When it rained we would have to stop. There was one time when we were recording ‘Voice Inside’ and it started to drizzle. We took a little break and Ian picked up the banjo and Emerson and I were playing guitar. We all just started noodling together on the middle guitar breakdown in the song. It’s such a sweet, sincere part—full of hope. Evan, our engineer, started recording without us knowing and picked up about 5 minutes of it. You can hear the drops and wind coming down and we all just sort of sit there together, steeped in music. The week was filled with little moments like that."
"Voice Inside" by The Tumblers
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