Aaron Taylor
The best piece of advice that Aaron Taylor ever received was "Follow your heart." As cliché as that may sound, it becomes increasingly meaningful as we discover more and more about the budding London singer-songwriter.
Taylor unveiled his Better Days EP on Oct. 28, a multi-faceted and uplifting manifestation of funk and R&B plus a healthy serving of bonafide soul. The EP also signified a notable thematic shift from his previous Still Life EP, which was released completely anonymously and written "from a place of frustration." Although he's seen "better days" since then, Aaron Taylor upholds his artistic perfectionism, as he shared,
"I saw my music do better for me than it ever has; I've had doors open - doors that I had been knocking on for a while...However, there still remains a level of dissatisfaction. I am relatively easily satisfied but the truth is I want, if not need, better days: I want to be a better man, friend and human. I want to smile more; I'd like more reasons to be happy both from within and externally. I don't mean to sound pessimistic. I truly am grateful for the better days I've experienced. However it is hard to feel like these are the best of times when people in Flint are living with poisoned water. Refugees are left unwelcome and told to go back to their war-torn homes. Injustices in legal systems are rife. The economic disparity between races is still an uncrossable gulf. Racism is an ugly stain on humanity and yet we seem unwilling to change our clothes. Not the best of times."
The best piece of advice that Aaron Taylor ever received was "Follow your heart." As cliché as that may sound, it becomes increasingly meaningful as we discover more and more about the budding London singer-songwriter.
Taylor unveiled his Better Days EP on Oct. 28, a multi-faceted and uplifting manifestation of funk and R&B plus a healthy serving of bonafide soul. The EP also signified a notable thematic shift from his previous Still Life EP, which was released completely anonymously and written "from a place of frustration." Although he's seen "better days" since then, Aaron Taylor upholds his artistic perfectionism, as he shared,
"I saw my music do better for me than it ever has; I've had doors open - doors that I had been knocking on for a while...However, there still remains a level of dissatisfaction. I am relatively easily satisfied but the truth is I want, if not need, better days: I want to be a better man, friend and human. I want to smile more; I'd like more reasons to be happy both from within and externally. I don't mean to sound pessimistic. I truly am grateful for the better days I've experienced. However it is hard to feel like these are the best of times when people in Flint are living with poisoned water. Refugees are left unwelcome and told to go back to their war-torn homes. Injustices in legal systems are rife. The economic disparity between races is still an uncrossable gulf. Racism is an ugly stain on humanity and yet we seem unwilling to change our clothes. Not the best of times."
