Video Premiere: I Draw Slow, “My Portion”

Whether we care to admit it or not, addiction afflicts everyone, in some way or another, because it comes in many guises. Even pursuing good health can turn can be addictive. To be sure, not being personally caught up in chasing a high, lightening a dark, or numbing a pain doesn’t mean we are immune. And those who miraculously escape addiction’s grasp no doubt know someone held by it.

With “My Portion,” I Draw Slow addresses the issue head on, begging love to hold the storyteller’s hand. “With the rising sun, there’s a hunger born again. Put out the flame,” Dave Holden gently begs, offering his daily prayer for strength. He recognizes his challenges, sketches them in metaphorical visions. “The shortest road to the sunset doesn’t turn,” he sings, adding, “That’s what I gotta learn. Every day.”

Holden’s sister Louise comes in to lift the choruses with harmonies that feel rather like his better angel tapping on his shoulder to remind him not to let the destructive devil drag him down: “Oh, love, you give me what you need. You take like a one-armed bandit. Oh, be my strength. Be my portion.” We’re all in this together, after all.

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“My Portion” is the first single from I Draw Slow’s new release, ‘Turn Your Face To the Sun’ due out on April 21 via Compass Records, available for pre-order at iTunes and Amazon.com.