With lines such as, “I wanna see you holding out your light/ I wanna see you light the way/ But whether everything will be alright/ It’s just a little soon to say,” Browne’s sorrows are placed alongside a strange sense of hopefulness. Accompanying the single is an incredible music video where tens of medical students gather around Browne’s body to examine his transplant, and a cannibalistic Phoebe Bridgers consumes Browne’s old heart.Īnother highlight off the record is “A Little Soon to Say,” where Browne’s vocals and lyrical skills take center stage. Singing, “They never break/ They don’t even beat/ And they don’t ache/ They just plug in and shine,” Browne is able to pair the reality of his own emotional turmoil with a surreal anecdote about a fictitious medical device. On “My Cleveland Heart,” Browne writes of heartbreak and the need for life changes, all while describing his acquisition of a futuristic, metallic heart implant. The album shines in its tracks that allow Browne to put his creative songwriting style to work.
Assuming a minimalistic production style and relying almost entirely upon a four-piece band and Browne’s powerful vocals, the album is filled with easy to listen to songs and mostly avoids the cringiness of current albums by many of his peers working today. Browne struts his incredible lyricism and even more impressive vocals throughout the majority of the track list, all while proving that one can create half a century’s worth of music while staying in touch with the times. As with Ringo Starr’s Zoom In - or just about any post-2000s album produced by a baby boomer for that matter - a new album from Jackson Browne could easily be expected to feel out of touch with the current musical ecosystem and steeped in disingenuous nostalgia.ĭownhill From Everywhere occasionally falls into this almost inescapable storyline, but it is by no means engulfed by it. So, when Jackson Browne announced the release of his new LP Downhill From Everywhere, expectations weren’t necessarily through the roof. Nowadays, when a rock musician from the early ’70s announces a new album, an eye roll is often deemed acceptable, if not necessary.
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