There’s something about a song that doesn’t just tell you a story, but makes you feel like you’ve lived a moment you’ve never actually known. That’s what Tom Collins achieves with ‘Little Louis’- a track that carries the weight of hard truths, but still manages to reach out a hand in the dark.
From the first strum, this song aches in all the right places. There’s a grit to the guitars, a pulse in the rhythm, and a vulnerability in Collins’ delivery that never tries too hard to be polished- instead, it’s real. He sings like someone who knows what it’s like to be stuck in a place you didn’t choose, and to still keep going anyway.
‘Little Louis’ follows two young lives walking the edge of uncertainty, their futures fogged up by everything that’s come before. But there’s no pity here. Instead, Collins sketches out these characters with empathy and fire- as if by writing about them, he’s helping lift the weight off their shoulders, even just a little.
The hook is deceptively simple, but it hits hard- the kind of refrain you find yourself humming hours later without even realising it. This isn’t feel-good music in the typical sense, but it feels good to hear, because it sounds like someone saying, “I see you, and you’re not alone.”
Collins has always had a way of turning sharp corners into songs, and ‘Little Louis’ is no exception. It’s full of jagged edges and late-night hope, the kind of track that might find you when you need it most.
In a crowded indie scene, this is the kind of release that cuts through not because it’s loud, but because it’s true. Honest. Raw. And beautifully alive.