‘Never Can be Lonely‘ sees finger-picker Taylor Hollingsworth stomping through a series of observations of life lived in an alienated way – living in a van, drinking beers, consuming pain pills, rollin’ downhill, literally and metaphorically. Then examining such a life, reflecting on excuses made, blame displaced and wondering about love and friendship and the meaning of solitude in a social life. Taylor Hollingsworth told Americana UK that “Never Can Be Lonely, is a song I wrote about trust, and being lonely myself, while examining people I have known, who never seemed to be comfortable without the constant companionship of others. It’s about the idea that in order to be happy in a relationship with another, you must first learn to be happy on your own.”
Taylor Hollingsworth has a distinctive guitar style mixing folk, rock, and blues – and he uses this is in a range of environments: his own solo work, with his wife in the band Dead Fingers, playing with Conor Oberst. That sort of thing and listening to ‘Never Can be Lonely‘ it’s no real surprise that Oberst has covered one of his songs. And so has Phoebe Bridgers. ‘Never Can be Lonely‘ is taken from Taylor Hollingsworth’s latest solo release ‘Yahola‘, which is out on October 4th via Dial Back Sound.
