Trad country trio Lost Saints deliver a retro sound and a refreshing spin on the idea of small-town love. The song lists a series of “firsts” that are often the focus of Music Row ballads: prom, meet cutes, first kisses, and so on. The song asks if maybe — just maybe — you can actually date more than one person in your life? That, perhaps, there can be more than one love of your life in your life?
Comprised of Afton Addington, Chris Biano and Derrick Casteel, the breakout country trio blends a silky-smooth contemporary sound with the soul-piercing magic of voices locked in sonic embrace, reviving one of the format’s core tenants – all but lost in recent years.
“We do love a ballad,” Addington says about “The One.” “This was originally a song that Dave Turnbull wrote for his wife, which is really cute. It started out as a solo song, and then we went into the studio and were like, ‘Maybe this could be more of a duet – a his-perspective, her-perspective kind of thing.’ It stretched us a little bit, but we just love it.”
“Yeah, we knew it was his real story, so we had to nail it, and we tried our best to make it great,” Biano adds. “I’m married so I could resonate with the idea of not getting to share some of those early memories with someone but getting to be the rest of their life and see how those things create the person you love. It’s a timeless message that I think is said in such a cool and unique way.”
“I really love the production on this one, for sure,” Casteel notes. “Even aside from the main chorus harmony, there is so much cool stuff peppered into the background.”
The song itself delivers some much-needed sincerity and emotion — key ingredients that Music Row often lacks. This one’s worth your time, and I’m excited to see what Lost Saints have next for us.
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