Song of the Day: “Your Don’t Get It” by Harlea

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Today’s song is “Your Don’t Get It” by Harlea. The Birmingham born artist grew up with music around her. But she also knew that she was going to have to go out and sing her own song (dad playing Barry White at 6am on a Sunday morning can only teach you so much).

Harlea left home at the tender age of 16 with a singular drive to make music. She lived alone in London for a year, earning a living while learning the industry ropes: how to survive in the city, how to stop the leeches leeching, how to not follow easy paths nor fall into obvious traps.

Eventually, she tracked down kindred spirits: musical compadres who could hear what she could hear in her head. She’s the first to admit it wasn’t all plain sailing. “I did consider giving up,” she states with point-blank candour. “It’s very unfulfilling when you have a vision and you can’t find that vision. But I knew my voice and my sound were there. I just had to reach them.”

Harlea and her new found band then put in the hours, weeks, months. They were in no rush. When you’ve been dreaming of music your whole life, the only thing you need to beat, is not the clock, but your own expectations. Equally, when it came to letting the world hear her music, Harlea wasn’t going to go the (obvious, predictable, perilous) usual route.

“I didn’t want to start with someone else calling the shots. I wanted to release the music independently at first so that I was in full control.” Overexposure, she thinks, is a curse of the age. But not revealing everything, “that’s such an art nowadays. And I don’t think record companies know how to do that.”

“You Don’t Get It” her second single which is a sassy rock track showcasing her infectious mix of bluesy guitars and sultry pop tinged vocal stylings.

Listen below and for more information check out their official website, Facebook, and Twitter pages.

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