Jessica Stuart - music, lyrics, guitars, vocals, bass, production
Ryan Granville-Martin - engineering, drums, backing vocals, mixing
Jeff Fedge Elliott - mastering
Originally written on a ukulele in the passenger seat of a ride from Montreal to Toronto, "Let's Not Try So Hard" dares listeners to really tune in and join the "slow music" revolution. Stuart's unusually honest, unmanicured studio performance (with lead vocal & guitar recorded live-off-the-floor) sets up the question of how to find the magic balance that bridges the demands of the "pocket computer" era with our ability to know when to abandon our plans, and ride the wave of life happening around us. Expect old-school, organic songwriting goodness that'll make you wanna sing the chorus (without the front-loaded hook pandering to streaming platform listener trends), and if you listen closely, you'll hear recording "artifacts" left in the final production fabric, because life, like this single, is imperfect and beautiful.
Lyrics
As seasons turn
With ebbing tide
We’ve lost concern
For times gone by
That fire
It’s burning us down to copper bits of wire
Material things
Ignite our eyes
Magnetic pull
Of those magazine-grade lives
That fire
It’s burning us down to copper bits of wire
Let’s not try so hard for a change for a change
Let’s not try so hard for a change
A simple life
Seems worth a try
How can I miss you too much
When you’re right by my side
That fire
It’s burning us down to copper bits of wire
So let’s not try so hard for a change for a change
Let’s not try so hard for a change
Let’s not try so hard for a change for a change
Let’s not try so hard for a change