Photo by Alice Denny
Building his profile with performances alongside Starsailor and Kid Kapichi, gracing the stages of Camden Rocks and Leestock, Oli Barton’s 2024 comeback has led to a huge rise in popularity. With multiple singles emerging throughout the year, it’s provided the perfect foundation for a UK tour in 2025. Before that, though, he dropped his last track of the year, ‘Day And Night’.
It’s glorious pop at its finest with catchy lyricism, glittery melodies, soaring atmospheres and pure euphoria at every turn. Opening with a nostalgic synth hum and charging drums, it quickly bursts into life with a vibrant guitar melody and sparkling synth. Each verse is expressive and each chorus lays a new shine on the listener. If you’re in need of a new singalong anthem, this could effortlessly provide.
Oli shares, “The lyrics are based on a character that obviously thinks the world of himself but is completely unable to say something romantic to the person he loves; inevitably recalling endless platitudes and cliches. It’s my cheesy love song and something I totally refuse to apologise for.
We were actually set up to record a different track at the studio and in between takes, as I tend to do, I was just doodling on my acoustic and I came up with the riff. Whilst everyone was getting prepared to record this other track, I’d written the verses for Day & Night in about 10-15 minutes… It was all done so quickly and organically but that’s the beauty of it.”
Check out the track here…
