brent - Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler
“Now I’m worried for my soul, and I’m still scared of growin’ old”, Chelsea Cutler delicately admits as she tells the tale of a failed relationship. you were good to me is the first track from her and Jeremy Zucker’s debut collaborative EP, brent. Unlike their lyrical subjects, Cutler and Zucker perform like their voices were made for one another – and this record certainly proves that to be the case.
Zucker’s tender confessions are matched by the endearing tone of Cutler’s voice, the combination simply captivating from start to finish on this fivetrack record. please, as its title may suggest, pleads an exlover for forgiveness, begging them to stay. Laid over a bed of delicately plucked guitar, it provides a sense of calm in an otherwise painful situation. Leaving her partner behind to tackle the track alone, Cutler packs a powerful punch with sometimes. “cause I love you but sometimes I’d rather die, than have to feel this way inside.” Its undeniably heavy lyrics break your heart like a first love over again. But amongst its sorrow, it demonstrates her ability to write beautiful music, something both her and Jeremy do all too well.
hello old friend takes a different direction to the other tracks. Packed with Zucker’s gritty influence, it is the most produced song on the record, filled with pulsing drum and a gritty bass throughout. Yet despite its deceptively uplifting musicality, its lyrics still uncover unprocessed pain: “You’re asking way too much from me, I’m running out of energy, you’re burned into my memory, I’m sinking in your gravity.”
Closing the EP alone, Jeremy reminds us of our subconscious fear of falling in love. Drenched in heartache and flowing with emotion, Jeremy and Chelsea’s vulnerable lyrics touch the hearts of all who’ve dealt with lost love.
Adeline - John-Robert
With a sound comparable to the likes of fellow singer-songwriters such as Ryan O’Shaughnessy and Ben Howard, there could not have been a better time for John-Robert to release his debut single. Adeline embodies the very spirit of the indie-folk genre. This heart-wrenching ballad tackles unrequited love with warm purity. A perspective tainted through the naivety of youth; he persists with chasing his childhood sweetheart. In his own words, Adeline was written ‘for closure’.
“Oh, Adeline take me home. Walk me through the barren streets I used to roam.” At just eighteen, it’s hard to comprehend his incredible songwriting abilities. Crooning vocals coupled with the sweet sentiment of this track present one hell of a debut single. If Adeline is anything to go by, John Robert is certainly one to watch out for in the future.
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