Single Review: Don’t Take Me Back

LA Thompson is a seasoned campaigner, with a solid history in the music industry and her newest single Don’t Take Me Back is another well-crafted song, which has been recorded and produced suitably.

Her voice sits on top of a lush but sparse mix of rhythm and melodic guitars, electronic drums and subtle bass, and her vocal line begins after a couple of bars.

I found it hard to define a meaning in the lyrics apart from the obvious; the protagonist doesn’t want to be taken back to somewhere she’s been before.

In some ways it’s your classic journeying song, a person is on a journey and keen on going forward, not backwards.

Musically, Don’t Take Me Back is Country inspired pop. It has been captured beautifully and it’s well played, well produced, worth the listen, and very commercial-radio friendly.