
Rochdale's Morgan Harper-Jones navigates the pitfalls of modern dating on “Lie To Me”
North West newcomer Morgan Harper-Jones' second single “Lie To Me” delivers on sublime, slo-mo pop.
Having conjured the likes of Cat Power, Joni Mitchell and Laura Marling on her debut single “Breathe” last month, singer-songwriter Morgan Harper-Jones goes one further on the wonderfully-woven “Lie To Me”.
Unravelling via a stream of digitally harmonised vocals and masterfully wistful acoustic guitar patterns, the song makes for a real feat of gossamer restraint. Reflecting on how, in the 23-year-old’s words, “modern dating can be weird and complicated,” craft and candour run parallel with a voice that demands to be heard from the outset. It's something that comes into sharp focus when patterns coalesce and crest into full-band splendour.
“I wrote this with my friend Rob [Milton],” Harper-Jones says. “We both decided we wanted to write a song that was mostly carried by a vocal and vocoder. I was literally ranting to him about my love life when the chorus lyric was written. The majority of the lyrics came out very naturally and conversationally and stuck.”
Harper-Jones adds a top tip for songwriters: “Avoid sending a song you wrote about someone to that same person as a means to convey your emotions because it’s creepy and weird.”
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