The singer-songwriter delivers sweet sentimentality, inspired by Paul McCartney
’s new album ends with a lullaby: “For You,” a sparsely strummed ballad with a harmonizing light-gospel quartet, neatly sums up the gentle folkiness of Marling’s new album,, which arrives three years after her off-kilter roots experimentation with Blake Mills on 2017’s“For You” is a soft-spoken ode to finding lasting love after years of searching in vain. “I had called out for you/Almost every night,” Marling sings in a near whisper. “Precious things are hard to find.
The song’s a cappella harmony gives it the feel of a long-forgotten midcentury gospel gem, but it turns out the track is a “little homage” to Paul McCartney. “My forte, I think, is ambiguity, which is definitely still on there,” she recentlyOn “For You,” Marling toys with what it might mean to surrender fully, unconditionally, and without hesitation. The result is one of the most quietly memorable moments of the singer’s storied career.
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