Anna Vaus recently made headlines when she was named the first recipient of the Miranda Lambert 'Women Creaters' Scholarship. Vaus is a songwriting student at Belmont University, and she's a worthy recipient of the scholarship, as shown by this week's spotlight song on Soundcloud.
The Soundcloud Spotlight this week is dedicated to a song of Vaus's, a ballad titled "Bathroom Floor." The recording is fully acoustic, with just one single guitar and Vaus's vocals. Vaus has a sweet twang with a little edge, which fits with this song. The ballad speaks of a man who acts "so tough," and gives up on love so he doesn't get hurt. It's from Vaus's perspective, the girl he gave up on. She sings, "You'd rather give up than give me your love" and "You move on / and I fall apart on the bathroom floor," describing the two different characters in the song.
The stunning thing about this song is that Vaus masterfully develops two characters, but does it from one perspective. It's easy to relate to either of them: the man who's afraid to love, and the woman who falls too hard and gets hurt. The song was written solely by Vaus, making it an even more impressive feat. She wrote a song this high quality by herself, at 20 years old. It's easy to see what Lambert saw in Vaus, and it's not unlikely that Vaus could end up becoming the next big thing in country music.
The stunning thing about this song is that Vaus masterfully develops two characters, but does it from one perspective. It's easy to relate to either of them: the man who's afraid to love, and the woman who falls too hard and gets hurt. The song was written solely by Vaus, making it an even more impressive feat. She wrote a song this high quality by herself, at 20 years old. It's easy to see what Lambert saw in Vaus, and it's not unlikely that Vaus could end up becoming the next big thing in country music.
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