Florida-based songwriter Liz Nash consumes on her new single “Little Box House,” an introspective folk success that’s part of her ongoing Florida Songs Collection — a series of slice-of-life vignettes inspired by everyday encounters in Mount Dora and the surrounding swamplands. Drawing from rhythmic sensibilities of influences like Jason Mraz and the intimate, reflective lyricism of Ingrid Michaelson, Nash emphasizes empathy, belonging, and small-scale community.
The single was shaped alongside collaborators Paul Gonzalez (percussion), Oskar Cartaya (bass), and engineer John Marsden, whose organic, groove-minded approach mirrors the humid, rain-soaked environment that continually informs Nash’s storytelling — in this track’s case, being shaped by a specific experience: “It was raining one day and I went to get the mail and there was a frog peeking his head out of the mailbox,” Nash explains. “It hit me that we aren’t too different from that mailbox frog living in our own little box houses.”
A mellow, inviting combination of lush acoustic strums, tropical rhythms, and title-bearing vocal playfulness assembles initially. “There’s a frog living in my mailbox, his head peeks out when it rains,” Nash’s vocals let out, revering this frog friend as an “empath embracing change.” The track was born from a similar rainy-day encounter, and seems to radiate positive energy and warmth between the raindrops. “I can’t stop the storm storming, but I could sing through the rain,” Nash’s vocals continue. “I think I’ll be okay.”
Ensuing “morning sun has finally come” verses conjure the loveliness of early morning, with the promise of a new day ahead — especially as one looks on from their “little box house.” A comforting, confident sense of contemplation lingers throughout, willing to traverse through hardships even during the worst of storms, whilst taking embrace in one’s own corner of safety (their “little box house”) and support systems, from friendly mailbox frogs to longtime friends. “Little Box House” is an affecting folk success from Liz Nash.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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