Joe Holt is the artist who released the song "Not Satisfying", which I reviewed back in March 2022. That track has been featured on the Best Indie Songs Ever playlist ever since. So, when I saw his name in my submissions queue, the chorus of "Not Satisfying" instantly started playing in my head—like a distant yet comforting memory that isn’t so far away in the grand timeline of life. At the time, Joe was discovered by our blogger friend Susbidi, who featured him on her indie-folk playlist with over 6,500 followers, giving Joe much-deserved exposure. Yes, dear artists, bloggers often know each other and collaborate behind the scenes: Susanne is a great friend of mine! Good news: Joe is currently working on his fifth studio album, titled "I Love You, Say It Back", and he’s back with a new single, "Wanting More". It’s a bit of a puzzling song at first listen due to its unconventional structure, which Joe himself explained: [...]

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A bit more about Joe Holt

Joe Holt is a folk singer/songwriter who graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2015. 
 Joe has released two EPs and three full length albums. He has toured around America four times, playing venues like Club Passim (Boston), the Hard Rock Cafe (Boston), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), The Bitter End (NYC), the Bluebird Cafe (Nashville), the Whisky A Go Go (Los Angeles), and has received spins on major radio stations internationally, including at WFUV in New York and WXPN in Philadelphia. The song As Bad as It Seems from Joe's EP Something Louder - EP was featured on NPR's All Songs Considered blog in March 2018. The following full length album A Bigger Fire came out in June 2019, with an accompanying national tour alongside Austin Blair Campbell . Joe's second EP "It’s What We Give" was released on June 5th, 2020, and its first single, People in New York, was featured with an accompanying live video on NPR. 


Joe's most recent album is Tired of Trying, released on May 27, 2022, and it is his most intimate, delicately crafted project yet, heralded as "stirring, eloquent songwriting" by Obscure Sound. Indie Minded praised Joe as “a gifted young talent who is sure to leave his mark on the folk music scene.” Ear To The Ground called him "the real deal in folk songwriting." Other credits include opening for Steve Forbert and Parker Millsap, scoring the short film The Race, and releasing music as Black Alder. 
 Joe lives in New York City.

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Lyrics

I'm finally growing up

More confident each passing year

The stuff I was scared about

As of yet hasn't appeared

Something feels bittersweet

Watching these memories pile up

I'm ticking off victories

But nothing is ever enough

There's a beauty in the sadness when it comes along

Satisfaction is a sign that something's wrong

Maybe wanting more

Is what I'm living for

I'm hungry for time with you

Especially whenever you're near

It's got me missing you

While you sit right here

I don't have control anymore

I let it overflow

When I say goodbye

I'm thinking please don't go

There's a beauty in the sadness when it comes along

Just to taste how it'll hurt me when you're gone

Maybe wanting more

Is what I'm living for

There's a beauty in the sadness when it comes along

Yes I'm restless but at least I'm moving on

If I reach my goal

Or the trail goes cold

Doesn't matter if the search is what I want

Maybe wanting more

Is what I'm living for