Quirky indie-popster from London Garlen Lo is back with another great single, ‘I’ll Try My Best To Get To You’.

Garlen Lo is a born-and-bred Londoner of Hong Kong-Chinese origin. Aged 8 he was raised by a wine-guzzling auntie who played country music at max volume. One Christmas, he got a guitar and took naturally to writing drunken singalongs with twee wordplay.

He formed an unruly, skinny-jeaned indie band in the mid-2000s, but after that imploded, tried to become a respectable member of society. Not quite succeeding at that either, he resumed his love for songwriting during the pandemic. And he is chuffed that his first six singles have all been someone’s ‘track of the week’.

He is a one-man band: playing all the instruments, singing, producing, and making the music videos. Songs about lost love seems to be his thing.

‘I’ll Try My Best To Get To You’ is the seventh single from Garlen Lo. An indie-folk song (think picturesque Dylan phrasing backed by the quick rhythm of papa Mumford and his sons), Lo simply describes it as ‘a happy song about depression’, but a more general take is that it’s an upbeat song about being there for loved ones when times are tough. It fits into the loyalty song category (e.g. ‘Stand By Me’, ‘You’ve Got A Friend’, ‘Lean on Me’) but without the emotional stir of the classics; instead it just feels happier, which aligns with the rest of Lo’s quirky indie-pop music. And like his previous six singles, it comes with a DIY video, this time karaoke style. So… A happy song about depression with a karaoke video. You don’t get many of those!

‘I’ll Try My Best To Get To You’ is out now across all streaming platforms!