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Coffee Song

by Patrick Wilson

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Patrick Wilson issues “Coffee Song”, the final single release from his forthcoming debut LP It Will Be Alright is out now through Cheersquad Records & Tapes.

Across a collection of well-supported radio singles including “Here Comes Another One”, “Leave My Love”,
and the most recent “Medicine”, Naarm journeyman Patrick Wilson has won a contingent of media supporters, contemporaries and fans drawn to his authentic electrified country rock ‘n’ roll. On his latest “Coffee Song” Wilson again shows that he arrives fully formed as a writer with advanced skill and in possession of the talent required to put it across.

“Coffee Song” is personification for the socially awkward, as Wilson discloses a vom- in-mouth moment on a typically inner North mission for a “night after” reliving caffeinated beverage. The single announces itself via a tumbling overdriven guitar figure that wouldn’t be out of place peeling out of a certain shaky Canadian’s Old Black Les Paul. Wilson narrates deftly around the mundanity of the cafe ritual which is broken in this case by an anxiety freefall in the shape of a ghost from relationships past. In a world of flat white writers, Wilson brews his story double shot, black and strong.

Candidly Wilson shares, “standing in line at a local coffee shop, not feeling particularly great about myself, I peer around the person in front of me and see my ex-partner who I hadn’t seen in years. Instead of the normal reaction of saying ‘oh hey, how are you going?’ and getting through it, for some reason I just freak out and pretended to look for my keys! I didn’t drive at the time, so I didn’t have any keys on me, but I’m looking anywhere else but at them. So, I turn around and walk straight back out the door, and double over thinking thank God that’s over… in front of a huge window looking into the café, and I just know she saw me do that.”

Patrick Wilson’s debut album It Will Be Alright out on September 29th, 2023, and available for pre-order now is a “self-reflective, and honest exploration into the grieving process associated with the demise of relationships and the coping mechanisms within that.” He mentions that when considering the songs as a whole collection on a theme, there are multiple references to “drug use, drinking, loss and self-reflection on interactions with past lovers,” which suggests a referencing of past shortcomings to perhaps find a better way forward.

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It’s a short walk from my house
Just down Gilbert Road
The building is old and the chairs
All look worn or stolen
If I knew what good coffee was
I’d tell you how it is
I’ll get my morning bus from anywhere but there
From what I remember It’s pretty nice inside
I’ve tried blocking out all the details
I’ll only look in from the outside
Caught a glance and I dug in my pocket
For an excuse to leave
I won’t go in
No I won’t go back there
It’s up with the trend
I won’t pretend
That I’m glad they have a selection of milk
If I cut off the power
And let it go sour
Then the place might just close down
If I knew what good coffee was, I’d tell you how it is
It’s more than I can bare knowing she works there
I walked right in, sat right down
Caught your eye
And I threw mine down
And I buried my hands in my face, in my shirt
My stomach fell to the floor
Now I’m dragging it to the door
Eagerly reaching out

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released August 25, 2023
Words & music by Patrick Wilson

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Patrick Wilson Melbourne, Australia

There’s a tender, unmistakable charm that lingers in the work of natural-born storyteller, Patrick Wilson​.

“Patrick Wilson is a twang assassin. Beneath his polite, disarming and charming exterior he is a multi-faceted musical ninja, capable of cutting through your heart-strings with a single turn of phrase or a twist of melodic flare.”
- ​Henry Wagons ... more

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