There’s a pulse that never quite fades from London’s backstreets, a hum of guitars, defiance, and restless youth. JW Paris tune straight into that frequency with “Anything,” a track that feels both familiar and untamed, caught between nostalgia and forward motion.
The trio Daniel Collins, Gemma Clarke, and Aaron Forde build a sound that breathes the air of Britpop’s golden haze without ever getting trapped in it. Spiralling guitars clash and shimmer against Clarke’s sharp, unrelenting drums, while the bass grinds forward like it’s chasing the last light of summer. The result is an anthem that feels alive, urgent, and just a touch dangerous.
“I could be anything, but everything is nothing…” sings Collins, his voice walking a tightrope between rebellion and resignation. It’s a line that sticks, suspended in the tension between who we are and who we’re told to be. The line, “my eyes spin around and around and around and around,” turns like a carousel of hope and disillusion, mirroring that cyclical blur of freedom and frustration that defines coming of age in a world already written.
But “Anything” isn’t just reflective, it’s explosive. It takes the swagger of Oasis, the bite of Elastica, and the city grit of Blur, and distills them into something distinctly now. The band’s chemistry crackles; every chord feels like it could tip into chaos but never does.
There’s beauty in the way JW Paris let the song hang between certainty and collapse. “Anything” doesn’t offer answers; it just invites you into the noise, where everything and nothing might finally make sense!
