S J Denney – “You’ll Be the Death of Me”

SJ Denney is a singer-songwriter based in Suffolk and his latest single, “You’ll Be the Death of Me” was released on November 7th. He has spent quite a bit of time gigging across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and you can really hear how that experience has shaped his contemporary rock sound. It is interesting to note that his musical path started as a choir boy before he discovered albums by The Beatles and Neil Young, which eventually led him to teach himself the acoustic guitar.

This new track tackles a very serious subject by exploring the frustration that humanity fails to learn from past mistakes. The release timing was clearly intentional to coincide with Armistice Day, emphasizing the irony of how we promise to never forget while conflict continues to tear the world apart. Denney supports this sentiment by opening the production with layers of marching rhythms that immediately set a military tone for the listener. It is also impressive that he engineered the track and played most of the instruments himself, enlisting just a handful of other musicians to help round out the arrangement. If you appreciate artists who handle their own production and write with genuine purpose, make sure you follow SJ Denney on social media to keep up with his future plans for the rest of 2025.