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If the summer had a playlist, this is it. Singer-songwriter Annabel Gutherz recently released a diamond of a single, and it’s all your summer playlist needed. Dubbed “Summer’s Here,” this ethereal song is officially available on all streaming sites, and we are swooning.

With dreamy guitar strums, easygoing rhythm, and a light, oh so breezy voice from Annabel, “Summer’s Here” is a long, sun-drenched afternoon unfolding into dusk. It’s that magic sound time capsule that captures the exact sensation of salt on your skin, wind in your hair, and a summer love that has you spinning in slow motion. You know the mood.

“It’s a little sonic postcard, if you will,” Annabel shares, radiating poetic sunshine. “A keepsake for summer love and freckles, for salt kissed skin and windblown days on the beach, for the tender, aching sweetness of experiences that linger well beyond the moment!”

We’re not weeping, you are.

Annabel, brought up in Montreal’s ever-thriving music scene, wrote the song first in what she calls the “sun dappled days of June.” (Can we condense that sentence and atomize it like perfume?) The songwriting session had started innocently enough, just a melody pattern and a circular chord progression, but was reworked into pure magic when she took it to her band.

“I asked them to just play whatever the moment made them feel,” she says. “And we captured the whole thing in one live take.”

Yeah, you heard that correctly. One take. That hairs-on-your-arms rawness and intensity? Yeah, it’s true. What we’re hearing now is that same session, straight up, no editing, no overthinking. Just pure, untainted summer goodness.

And trust us, Annabel knows the craft of the good ol’ soulful hook. Since her 2021 debut album Loose Ends dropped, she’s been making waves with her introspective lyrics, honey-toned melodies, and collaborations with industry heavy hitters including Bleu McAuley (Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato) and Bonnie Hayes (Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler). Her vocals? Florence Welch meets Joni Mitchell with a sprinkle of indie pop sparkle.

With millions of streams to her name and buzz from the likes of Melodic Magazine and Luna Collective, it’s obvious Annabel Gutherz isn’t a passing figure in this industry, but is here to stay, with bare feet in the sand and picking straight into our hearts

So what are you waiting for? Put on your fluffiest frock, slide on your favorite sunnies, and have “Summer’s Here” be the sunbeam to guide your day. Because when Annabel is singing about the magic of the moment, it feels like she is singing particularly to you.

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