Karen Harding releases “Drive Away”

Melbourne-based folk pop singer-songwriter Karen Harding has earned a reputation for being a champion of sharing a relatable expression of human emotion with her music. Offering a soulful folk sound, she uses her music to build a moment of connection with her listeners, removing the masks we hide behind to bond over a human experience.

Over the last eighteen months of releasing her original songs she’s been deservedly compared to the likes of Eva Cassidy, Sarah McLachlan and Karen Carpenter, with her compelling vocal work carrying beautiful melodic leads of delicate acoustic arrangements.

After making her debut in May last year with the single “I Didn’t Realise” she’s won the 2021 Independent Songwriter Talent Show on Radio Eastern FM in November, Top 10 winner for the World Songwriting Awards for her third single “Anxiety” and this year was nominated for Best International Artist on Crags Radio Independent Artist Awards for “Something Special”.

Now, halfway through sharing her upcoming four-track EP I’ve Got A Secret, she brings us the third single from the release with the track titled “Drive Away”. Composed during the strict lockdowns in Australia during the pandemic, “Drive Away” captures the feeling of wanting to leave behind the chaos and uncertainty and just escape from it all by driving away.

Featuring her stunning vocals at the forefront of the song, with her latest single Karen Harding offers a moving and intimate sound full of relatable sentiments and memorable melodies. Commenting on the single, she shares, “It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness and routines of life and sometimes we all experience days where it just seems so much easier to run away or escape the life we’ve created for ourselves. ‘Drive Away’ was written when I was experiencing this feeling. It was me, sitting with my guitar, daydreaming about the possibilities of getting away from my covid lockdown restraints.”

Listen to Drive Away below

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