Arih SK shares single "Hold It Together"
ABOUT ARIH SK
Arih SK is an artist living and working in St. Catharines, Ontario. He’s known for writing short, slightly upbeat songs with simple melodies about loss, nostalgia, family, and relationships.
Arih’s third album, Hold It Together, is about the struggle to keep yourself and your relationships from falling apart. Every day and over time you get pulled in many directions. Jobs, projects, family, friends, new things, old things. There’s always too much to do and not enough minutes. People slip away, friendships fade, chores pile up, and it feels like time is somehow running out. You find things to hold on to – keepsakes, mementos, souvenirs – but more importantly you find people you like to be with. You spend time together and share memories. To really hold anything together, it takes people – family, friends, relationships. During the workweek, Arih is designing and inspecting bridges, but after dinner, he takes his kids down to the park for a swing or to the ice rink for hockey practice or to the pool for swimming lessons. You hold things together for your family and then your family holds you together.
ABOUT THE SONG: “Hold It Together” – out on June 18th
“At the beginning of the song there is a sample of my daughter talking and singing. I think she was around two and now she’s five. Every time I hear it, I’m hit by the passage of time. Every year it hits harder. So much has changed. It feels sad and beautiful all at once. I really like that. There are also nature sounds throughout and then at the end there is a recording of a toy lullaby that used to put her to sleep. So to me, the song feels a bit like a day and a night that starts and ends with family. You hold things together for your family and then your family holds you together. And at the end of the day, you all hug and say goodnight.
The new album is named after this song, Hold It Together. Every day and over time you get pulled in many directions. Jobs, projects, family, friends, new things, old things. There’s always too much to do and too little time. People slip away, friendships fade, chores pile up, and it feels like time is somehow running out. You find things to hold on to – keepsakes, mementos, souvenirs, but more importantly you find people you like to be with. You spend time together and share memories. To really hold anything together, it takes people – family, friends, relationships.”
– Arih SK
