Pull Me Closer is the second single from Leonard, and it’s a collaborative effort between pop producer and songwriter Jonny Avery and experimental guitarist Jake Church. The pair wanted to combine Avery’s classical music background with Jonny’s love of beat making, and the result is a sultry, soulful work out.
Whilst the pair come from very different musical backgrounds and both had to explore musical styles that felt unfamiliar, they had a shared desire when it came to the lyrical content and overall message behind the song, as Jonny explains:
“We wanted to write a song that reminded us that when ya’ve got shit going on, go hang with your ‘good people’, cause that will make you feel better - a simple message, but easy to forget in the moment.”
The production on Pull Me Closer has a wonderfully restrained feeling to it - warm bass tones envelope a determined and lovestruck vocal and a loose percussion track gives the track a relaxed, lived-in feeling. The guitar work only gives the track a further human, intimate feeling. With vocals that plead for a little tender love and connection, Pull Me Closer manages to create a feeling of wanting and being wanted, of comfort and release.