Christopher John Grapples With Optimism On ‘Be Honest’

It's a simple but affecting plea...

Christopher John is ready to make his mark.

The songwriter's work – simple yet poetic, unadorned but beautiful – is rich in experience, and buoyant in melody.

New single 'Be Honest' is a starting point, a place of introduction for a lot of us, a glimpse into his world.

A striking release, it's minimalist in tone but so, so effective, coming from a place of real truth.

Songwriting, he says, "gives me permission to be honest about what is in my head and in my heart. It’s me at my most truthful. The production is me. The song-writing is me. The lyrics are me. It’s both the simplest and hardest thing I’ve done musically and finding the right words to express how I actually feel is something I am still learning…"

Out shortly, 'Be Honest' is a potent interaction with the world around him. He comments:

"I created a fairly restrictive sound palette and focused instead on the vocals and kept everything around them as simple as I could."

Tune in now.

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