San Francisco singer-songwriter Shawna Virago captures the essence of living in a world not meant for an outsider in her new track, “Heaven Sent Delinquent (Electric Single Mix).”
To provide some context to the overall track’s narrative, Shawna Virago is a transgender acoustic solo musician who has been performing music since the early 1990s. Even before the days of social media, Shawna has been using her music as a platform to give a voice to the voiceless who may not have the means to be heard.
From her honest and raw songwriting to her stripped back acoustic instrumentation, Shawna’s music encompasses what it feels like to be a foreigner on native land.
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“Heaven Sent Delinquent” was originally released back in 2016 on Shawna’s album under the same name, Heaven Sent Delinquent. The original version followed the same instrumental formula as the rest of the tracks on Heaven Sent Delinquent with simple acoustic guitar, along with Shawna’s vocals. Overall, the album is 43 minutes of contemporary folk with such tracks as “Gender Armageddon” and “Burnout.”
As with many artists in 2020, rummaging through old songs and repurposing them for a new context surrounding the pandemic was a way to channel their creative energy. Shawna, in a way, captured a moment in time by bringing to life “Heaven Sent Delinquent (Electric Single Mix).”
Swapping out the acoustic guitar with an electric and capitalizing on that theme with some drums and bass, “Heaven Sent Delinquent (Electric Single Mix)” has gotten a shiny new upgrade for a new audience to enjoy.
The instrumental is a pretty mellow rock track that doesn’t steer too far off from its original blueprint, but the added instrumentation is definitely a nice touch and brings new life to an already great track.
The lyrics reference walking on a highway and running away, essentially trying to escape a current situation when all of sudden, this “Heaven Sent Delinquent” comes down to save her. The line “everyone’s staring at me with suspicion” gives the sense that the narrator feels as if they are constantly being judged for simply existing and the only choice they have is to “run.”
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Overall, the updated version of Shawna Virago’s track, “Heaven Sent Delinquent (Electric Single Mix)” is a perfect track articulating the longing for escape from one’s current reality through some old fashioned rock and roll music. “Heaven Sent Delinquent (Electric Single Mix)” is available to stream on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube.
