Longtime (Ash Grunwald song)

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"Longtime"
Single by Ash Grunwald
from the album Trouble's Door
ReleasedApril 2012[1]
Length3:33
LabelDelta Groove
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Longtime" is a song by Australian blues musician Ash Grunwald. The song was released in April 2012 as the lead single from Grunwald's sixth studio album, Trouble's Door.

At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, "Longtime" won "Blues & Roots Work of the Year"[2]

Music video[edit]

The music video for "Longtime" was released on 25 April 2012.[3]

The clip was filmed in two days at The Pass and at Broken Head, NSW and features a number of surfing musicians including Pete Murray, Xavier Rudd, Kram (Spiderbait), Scotty Owen (The Living End), Bob McTavish, Fingers Malone, Derek Hynde, Beau Young and Dave Rastovich surfing in the clip.[4][5]

Reception[edit]

In an album review, Andrew Nock from Music Feeds said "First single off the album 'Longtime' is a killer track, with a guitar hook so catchy and infectious, it's impossible not to feel incredibly happy and upbeat stomping your foot and grooving out to it. Such a funky sound resonates through the song by incorporating many guitar loops, with varying effects and multiple percussive elements." adding "The vocal distortion in the chorus between powerful lyric, 'Thought I was high but I was barely alive', makes it difficult to distinguish between Ash's hummed voice and guitar, inadvertently creating an incredibly infectious hook".[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Longtime single". Apple Music. April 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ "2013 Winners – APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Ash Grunwald - Longtime". YouTube. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Ash's longtime friends tune in". Northern Star. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Ash Grunwald is surfing the slipstream". Daily Telegraph. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. ^ "ALBUM REVIEWS Ash Grunwald Trouble's Door". Music Feeds. June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2019.