(Six years ago, today marks the release of BRKN LOVE's debut album! Here's an article I wrote about it in 2020 for Generation Clash.)
Let me start by saying that this album is the only album I’ve been looking forward to…and it does not disappoint.
I listened to “Flies In The Honey”, “Papercuts”, “Shot Down” and “I Can’t Lie”, countless times as part of my countdown to Valentine’s Day.
On Valentine’s Day, I woke up early, and made sure that it was the first album I listened to. I was absolutely blown away by it.
I was in hysterics for the entire album because I was so excited that it was released, and that I got to finally hear all the songs that weren’t released until the album came out.
I only had one bonus beforehand, which was from watching Justin’s session for Paste, where he performed a few tunes acoustically, and one of them was “Seventeen”. He did it while he had strep throat and his performance was still phenomenal!!
From “I See Red” to “Toxic Twin” to “Complicated” to “Don’t Panic” to “In Your Hands”, it was one fantastic song after another.
I’m setting aside “Oxygen”, because I actually had a weird prediction that I was right about. I was reading all different interviews that Justin has done, and I recall him mentioning that the album was going to have ideas of both love and loss.
From this, I somehow assumed that there would be some kind of love themed song on the album, oddly fitting for Valentine’s Day. The release day came…and I was right.
The last few seconds of “Complicated” played…and once that song ended, “Oxygen” began. Quite possibly the sweetest song I’ve ever heard, and I had chills as I listened to it.
Every second of this album is amazing. Justin’s vocal talents are unmatched by anyone on the scene today. The musicianship is beyond fantastic.
BRKN LOVE are the band that we should be taking an example from because they prove that you can be cool and be unafraid of sharing your feelings.
Essential Tracks: Papercuts, I See Red, Seventeen
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