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.
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Arih’s third album, Hold It Together (out on November 22, 2023), 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.
Arih has recently released his latest single, “You Be Good”. Featuring his daughter assisting him on vocals, the indie folk track is sure to tug at the heartstrings and get stuck in your head with its infectious call and response chorus. It’s a wonderful song with lyrics that are sure to resonate.
“After reading about him, I wanted to write a song about Alex the Parrot. His last words were so sad and sweet. Those words make up the chorus of the song and are repeated by me and my daughter in a call and answer,” says the artist. “Alex died at age 31 and that was the same age I was when my dad died. This felt important to me. I started to make other connections: Alex was learning about shapes and colours and numbers, which were all things that my dad taught me, and that I was in turn teaching to my children. Sometimes, just like a child, Alex would get bored of questions and puzzles and he would even sometimes give the wrong answer just for ‘fun’. But at the end of the day, before the lights went out, he’d always say “You be good. I love you. See you tomorrow.”
Artist Social Links:
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