Song 109 - Another Love - Tom Odell

Sometimes when you you are battering down the treadmill; you find exercise motivation coming from an unlikely tune. Earlier this week, I found myself listening to Another Love by Tom Odell and actually speeding up. Not that I mind as this is a beautiful song and has been one of my most played over the last couple of years.

I think it is my good friend the piano that makes me drawn to this song and the building crescendo in the melody coupled with Odell's haunting beautiful voice makes it a modern classic (for me anyway). The sound was used by BBC programming in 2013 so it became very familiar, very quickly. But even with regular playing, there is nothing that can  dilute this song's beauty.

Odell was discovered by Lilly Allen, who is head of the record label In the name of, which is part of Columbia Records in 2012 and with his advance on his album deal, he bought an old green mini cooper. In October the same year, he released his debut extended play, Songs from Another Love which lead to a television debut on Later with Jools Holland. In 2013, he won the BRITs' Critics Choice Award, following artists like Adele and Florence and the Machine. The album would be released in June 2013 and would become a number 1 album in the UK. Although he missed out on being the BBC Sound of 2013, he would be named as Songwriter of the year by Ivor Novella by the end of 2013.

So much so soon, it makes me excited to think about the possible delights that might be  coming our way in the future.

To hear Another Love
Another Love by Tom Odell


Written by Tom Odell
Album: Long Way Down
Released: 2013