Artist:
Bridget Kearney
Genre:
Pop/Rock
R&B
Total Time:
39:00
Record Label:
Keeled Scales
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
April 12, 2024
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Bridget Kearney
Genre:
Pop/Rock
R&B
Total Time:
39:00
Record Label:
Keeled Scales
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music
Release Date
April 12, 2024
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Empires rise and fall every day in the human heart, and riding these cycles-stories with no beginning or end, only transformation-churns us through the reckless, ridiculous, rueful, redemptive.A founding member of Lake Street Dive and writer of some of their most enduring songs, Iowa-born and Brooklyn-based Bridget Kearney is known for writing smart, unexpected lyrics and melodies built for a heart-baring dance or an introspective drive. Kearney writes music as if filtered through a camera lens. Her stories, steeped in nostalgia and joy, construct a bittersweet framework around the memories that make us human, and shape who we are. As the absurdity of life abounds, Kearney can hold these fragile snapshots and rolling reruns with evident notes of levity, and compassion for a past self. On her new album Comeback Kid, produced by Dan Molad (Lucius, Buck Meek), there are reminders to cherish the moments that make up the collage of what we see in the mirror, but to also plant our feet firmly in the present, for those are the times that will come to form the future.The tracks hop through time, from the relentless, obsessive romanticization of the past, to unrestrained lust for a different future, all inherit the spirit of resilience needed for any move forward, whether it's to dive back in, walk away, or wrestle with the memory itself. In moments, our Comeback Kid wishes to encase a night in amber to revive it at will, like the old man in Jurassic Park, but ultimately is hip to the bittersweet truth that it will never be the same when you return.Kearney began making Comeback Kid back in 2021, in between her work with Lake Street Dive, and a new position as a songwriting teacher at Princeton University. During the process of Comeback Kid, Kearney took inspiration from her Princeton students, as well as her peers when she embarked on a song-a-day workshop. As she found herself surrounded by the thoughts and processes of others, she was able to pinpoint what it is about songwriting that she truly cherishes: namely, the textures and flourishes that come to form the mood of each creation.Comeback Kid is soaked in vintage synths, Kearney's soughing vocals and delicate-yet-driving percussion that ushers in a bright and serene tenor. "If you're driving, baby I wanna go," she soothes on opener "If You're Driving," welcoming us to the LP with windows down, eyes closed, air rushing through our fingers. It's a celebration of staying in the moment, of saying "yes," even though you know it won't last forever.With references to real psychological games, like Rorschach tests and the phenomenon of Ironic Process Theory, they help build the theme of the mind bending nature of obsession, memory, and perspective. Just like the acrobatic brain games we play in relationships, Kearney plays with language and references, with multiple meanings of "comebacks and coming back," and nods that run the gamut from Samuel Barber's mid-20th century masterpiece Adagio for Strings to Jerry Seinfeld's late-20th century masterpiece Seinfeld. The single "Security Camera" captures the carefree liminal space of reminiscence, as Kearney collects those significant, special moments of a past love. There is no animosity or even sorrow here but rather a warm, propulsive rush of gratitude and awe. "You have these really wonderful, blissful times in your life that are fleeting," she explains. "It's an attempt to keep loving the moments in your past, to carry them with you." These moments are carried with care throughout Comeback Kid, but with an eye on the farcicality of simply existing. Kearney is both sincere and silly, somber yet spirited, expertly gathering the iridescent spectrum of what it means to be alive.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
If You're Driving
(04:42)
2 . Security Camera (03:52)
3 . Sleep In (03:19)
4 . A.J. (Interlude) (00:42)
5 . Not a Game to Me (02:43)
6 . Obsessed (03:58)
7 . Obsessed (Interlude) (02:32)
8 . Roman Sunset (03:40)
9 . I Feel So Bad For You (03:50)
10 . on't Think About the Polar Bear (04:16)
11 . In the Morning (03:25)
12 .Comeback Kid (02:57)
2 . Security Camera (03:52)
3 . Sleep In (03:19)
4 . A.J. (Interlude) (00:42)
5 . Not a Game to Me (02:43)
6 . Obsessed (03:58)
7 . Obsessed (Interlude) (02:32)
8 . Roman Sunset (03:40)
9 . I Feel So Bad For You (03:50)
10 . on't Think About the Polar Bear (04:16)
11 . In the Morning (03:25)
12 .Comeback Kid (02:57)
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