John Witherspoon – You’re Alright (2025)
Following the release of his contemplative new single ‘End of the Line Again‘, Liverpool singer-songwriter John Witherspoon is reflecting on the track that marks his most grounded work to date – a piece of observational melancholy that captures the art of meaningful reassurance without falling into empty platitudes. Released as an insight into his forthcoming album One of Them, ‘You’re Alright’ serves as a deeply resonant showcase of Witherspoon’s ability to navigate the space between certainty and doubt. With its lived-in production, restless yet comforting groove, and guitar work that dances around the edges without stealing focus, he’s delivering one of his most sophisticated explorations of modern malaise and digital disconnection.
The single marks a significant creative milestone for the Merseyside-born artist, who has been steadily building a reputation for his unpretentious warmth and trust in collaborative spaces. Working with a rhythm section that locks into grooves with the intuitive feel of long-time collaborators, Witherspoon has crafted a track that breathes with the confidence of an artist who’s found his place in Liverpool’s rich musical continuum, drawing inevitable but never derivative comparisons to everyone from The La’s to Badly Drawn Boy.
The song’s power lies not in its deceptively sticky hook, but in how Witherspoon sounds like he’s trying to convince himself as much as his listener, making lines about missing how someone used to “paint a picture” before getting lost in screens land with the weight of lived experience. Rather than positioning himself as having figured it all out, he offers something rarer than protest music: the kind of observational writing that trusts listeners to draw their own conclusions about our collective drift.
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