Lee Brice finds inspiration in Metallica and digs deep within himself to bring us a new self-titled album. Brice explained to iHeartRadio, “And heck on top of that, Metallica’s fourth album was their first self-titled album and it was their biggest one. So, I figure I could try it.” Brice also spent a lot of time pouring over each lyric of the fifteen songs. The album is reflective of Brice’s life, and deals with his personal battles, being a father and being an artist. Brice developed a polyp on his vocal cord, which was eventually treated with surgery, but while recording this album he reported that polyp forced him to sing harder and achieve a more soulful and bluesy vocal sound. A wonderful mix of upbeat, fun songs, and introspective songs, but all are heartfelt songs. That’s the short of it!
Positives:
Amazing choices of lyrics and the music is varied by design with much thought given to songwriting. With themes of family, love, traditions, ties-that-bind and the American ideals of quality and hard work, all wrapped up in rich tones, textured instrumentation and Brice’s strong vocals.
Bottom Line:
Lee Brice contains a nice mix of songs illustrating Brice’s significant talents as a lyricist and songwriter and it will appeal to county music fans across the new country to the old country soundscape. The singing is heart-felt, and the musicianship is superb. We also take our hats off to the fact that Brice is not singing only about partying, woman and trucks. Although we appreciate all those things, Brice sings about real life: aging, parenthood and manhood. Full of great music and evocative lyrics this is an album of depth, in mainstream of Nashville.