{"id":71501,"date":"2021-09-24T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=71501"},"modified":"2021-09-24T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:44:46","slug":"david-brookings-releases-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/09\/david-brookings-releases-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"David Brookings Releases New Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long ago, when David Brookings was an 11 year old in Richmond, VA making his live performance debut singing the first song he ever wrote, he probably never imagined that he\u2019d be releasing a full length album in honour of the event called \u2018Mania at the Talent Show\u2019, it\u2019s ironic that the first song he wrote was called \u2018All I\u2019ll Ever Want\u2019. Now years later he\u2019s releasing two preview tracks for the record.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nThe first of these tracks is called \u2018Hard Times\u2019 and is very much a song of social commentary. It perfectly conjures the feelings of uncertainty that we all have as we emerge from a global pandemic. This is very much epitomised by lyrics like \u201cheaven help you if you sneeze\u201d and \u201cthese are strange days, there\u2019s an outrage\u201d. But the complexity of how we are all feeling is balanced by more positive thoughts like \u201cfeel the wind though the trees\u201d and \u201ceverything\u2019s fine\u201d. I\u2019m sure everyone can relate to the \u201chard times\u201d David is singing about. We are moving freely but there\u2019s still uncertainty, we are not sure if we should wear a mask or not. Just the fact that we have to think so hard about every human interaction makes these hard times and that feeling is captured perfectly in the lyrics of the song. The fact that this veteran indie pop rocker puts these lyrics to an infectious, nostalgic nineties brit pop backdrop which seems to hark back to less complicated easier times, makes the dichotomy beautifully balanced.<\/p>\n

The second track comes from a completely different mind-setbut one that is equally fraught. How do we ever really get over a first love. Can we ever really stop comparing everything that comes later to something that we increasingly think of as better than it really was. \u2018Get Off (My Mind)’ sets this youthful melancholy and mature reflection to a more upbeat 60\u2019s influential melody reminiscent of The Zombies or early 70\u2019s ELO. No real surprise then that Brookings was inspired heavily by his parents record collection and repeat viewings of The Monkees. The irony of a song that pines after a love \u201cflying strong\u201d in his mind like \u201ca ghost\u201d is ironic from a guy who\u2019s been happily married for 16 years. L<\/p>\n

David Brookings has lived in many places in The States and even worked at Sun Studios, famous for Elvis and Johhny Cash, and he seems to have taken colours and tone from every place he\u2019s lived, like an artist with a palette. All of this experience and musical saturation will come together in November with the release of the album but for now, this preview glimpse certainly whets the appetite.<\/p>\n

David says: \u201cI enjoy taking artistic license with stories inspired by my life. I look at music differently than I did when my first record came out, and I\u2019m proud of my development as a songwriter. I try to always write about different, interesting things, projecting myself as a character in various situations and creating an interesting musical movie around that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long ago, when David Brookings was an 11 year old in Richmond, VA making his live performance debut singing the first song he ever wrote, he probably never imagined that he\u2019d be releasing a full length album in honour of the event called \u2018Mania at the Talent Show\u2019, it\u2019s ironic that the first song he wrote was called \u2018All I\u2019ll Ever Want\u2019. Now years later he\u2019s releasing two preview tracks for the record.<\/p>\n

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