Adam Brand and his partner were preparing to welcome baby number two into the family while creating 'All Or Nothing', which informed what kind of messages he wanted to put out into the world through song.
To conclude ‘Home Grown’, an instantly catchy ditty written on the back porch of Brand’s Gold Coast home, he sings, “My family’s growing…” – the importance of family, cherishing deep connection, inter-generational respect and the handing down of wisdom seeps through the entirety of his exceptional 16th record.
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Some of these songs were written while the Brands travelled around Australia in a motorhome – somehow managing to dodge border closures, when Covid first struck – while others he’d had in his back (we’re tipping jeans) pocket for a while.
Brand’s exceptional interpretive ability has always been his superpower – he’s lived every single syllable he sings (“Wanna wear cowboy boots, you’d better ride some/ Wanna sing about a truck, get the miles done”) – but during this album’s shining centrepiece, the piano-led ballad ‘God Walks In The Room’, his portrayal is truly breathtaking. Amen. And his romantic declaration of everlasting love ‘Still The One’, includes a ‘rap’/speak-singing section (kinda like that bit in Madonna’s ‘Vogue’).
Brandy pours his heart and soul into everything he does and bleeds authenticity. Who says you can’t peak after 50?
Label: ABC Music/Universal
Release date: 26 August
