Release #6 – (Don’t Hurry) Slow Down
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Craig Westwood Releases Reflective New Single: ‘(Don’t Hurry), Slow Down’ – Out May 30, 2025
British singer-songwriter Craig Westwood returns with a powerful new release, (Don’t Hurry), Slow Down, arriving on all major platforms on May 30, 2025. Though the song’s roots stretch back to the 1980s, this new recording is a modern and deeply personal interpretation that captures the emotional nuance of its original concept through a fresh lens.
Co-written in the mid-80s with longtime friend John Ward Helliwell, (Don’t Hurry), Slow Down has long existed in demo form, passed through tapes and digital drafts over the decades. Its release today is the result of renewed interest and creative spark — led in part by Craig’s daughter, Amy Westwood, who reconnected him with the track during a visit to his studio in France in 2024.
“Amy told me she’d always loved the song — and unbeknown to me, she’d quietly been working out harmonies for it,” Craig explains. “We ended up playing it together at a couple of gatherings, and it just clicked. It felt current. It was ready to record.”
The song explores the emotional space between people who think at different speeds — where moments of quiet doubt and subtle imbalance create tension in a relationship. “It’s about trying to keep up, about feeling slightly out of your depth with someone quicker, sharper — and how that can stir up self-doubt,” Westwood says.
Amy’s vocals lend a soft strength to the song’s renewed arrangement, and her role as both collaborator and creative sounding board has helped shape Craig’s upcoming project, Experiments in Time. The project revisits and reimagines music written during Westwood’s most experimental period in the late ’80s and early ’90s, infused now with new perspective — and family connection.
“Amy’s been my fiercest critic and my biggest inspiration on this new material,” Westwood notes. “She grew up with these songs in the background of her childhood, so bringing her into the process has been incredibly meaningful.”
Though originally co-written decades ago, the release of (Don’t Hurry), Slow Down also serves as a quiet nod to Westwood’s late co-writer, John Helliwell, who passed away on New Year’s Eve, 2024. “It’s taken on new meaning now,” Craig adds. “While the song looks ahead, it also carries our love and appreciation for John and the role he played in its creation.”
Available On: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, and all major streaming platforms.
Release Date: May 30, 2025.
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