Mud On My Boots

Country ballad with a steady two-step groove, brushed drums, acoustic strums, and pedal steel swells; verse rides sparse guitar and low bass, pre-chorus lifts with tambourine and harmony answers, chorus opens with full drums and singback gang vocals on the hook. Male vocals, close-mic and warm in verses, doubled on choruses, with short delay throws on key words. Ear candy includes crackling fire textures, a whistled fill into the chorus, and a distant engine rev before the final lift. Mix is bright, earthy, and punchy with a wide, open-air sheen., country, romantic