Throughout the album, Mullins deftly balances songs of suffering from the title tune and Go and Fall, to the powerful, yet subtle social commentary of Ferguson (which contains no mention of guns or police officers) with songs such as Roll on By, co-written with Max Gomez, which strikes an upbeat note of hope. In the studio, the song took on a classic vibe, with impeccable instrumentation and production that sounds as if George Martin supervised.Īnd it carries a momentum that shifts it away from feeling like a woe-is-me wallow in self-pity. He remembers sitting on his porch one afternoon, thinking, I know this is all in my head, but itd be a lot easier just to blame it on my heart. Still, nothing inspires songwriters quite like a breakup, and Mullins confirms, This record came out of all that all the feelings, all the heartache. Toes.) But in the years since his last release, 2010s Light You Up, Mullins has experienced more ups and downs on his romantic roller-coaster a ride hes decided to step off for a while. (He also co-wrote the Zac Brown Bands No. Lullaby, and 2006s 9th Ward Pickin Parlor, which contained his AAAAmericana No.īeautiful Wreck.
In that respect, Mullins says, its not all that different from most of his discography which includes 1998s Souls Core, the album that shot him to fame on the strength of its Grammy-nominated No.
That oh-so-fallible, yet essential part of our being is, it turns out, the guiding force behind just about every song on the album the theme of which, he says, is summed up most succinctly by another song title: It All Comes Down to Love.
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