Music Review // Sourwood "Wrong Carolina"

 

Sourwood begins the song "Wrong Carolina" with acoustic strums that turn into harmonies.  This song has such a straightforward way about it that by the end of it you'll feel yourself wanting to sing along with the chorus.  Isn't it interesting how we have two Carolinas in the United States so if you're in the North you might be in the wrong one?   But this song isn't about being in the wrong state but rather more being in the wrong in the way that what you did wasn't right.

What's funny about this song is that the first verse says "And I found someone a little like you who would take me in / Shares your name, I'm so confused / I overplayed my hand".   This really feels like something out of "The New Adventures of Old Christine" where you find someone new with the same name, but in the case of this song the new Carolina made him see how much better he had it with the old Carolina.

One of the ways in which this song conveys both the sadness and regret of the lyrics is with the lines: "If I am a shipwrecked sailor, you were the song that pulls me in / Now I'm drifting endlessly until I hear your name on the wind".   I feel like we don't always think about going back to people after we split, so the way this song has that regret feels like a lost art form.

There are a lot of songs out there about being over someone, about kicking them to the curb and moving on.  But Sourwood has found a way to admit that mistake and let the chips fall where they may.  There are strings in here outside of the guitar and you'll hear them go off into a solo along with the bass line.  "Wrong Carolina" is a musically pleasing song with lyrics that might make you think more deeply about your relationships both past and present.