The creation of music serves as the foundation for Sean Bertram’s new album, “Everything Again.” Across 12 tracks, the prodigiously talented Canadian singer-songwriter and producer demonstrates that he can craft tales that most others, including his contemporaries, only dream of and make them sound gorgeous. The album is intimate yet expansive. Inspirations Icons, including Michael Jackson, Prince, and Aretha Franklin, have driven Bertram to channel their aura into her own sound, a groove that's equally as soulful.
In the title of the album’s lead song, “Forget You,” Bertram points to his emotional universe straightaway. This song sets a melancholy tone, with pointed lyrics and lush instrumentation. Instead, it’s a gleaming modern soul-pop masterwork, every smooth groove and honeyed vocal-sweet nothing drawing you in close.
The title track, “Everything Again,” is the emotional fulcrum that ponders the cycle of love and heartbreak. This is Bertram showcasing his multitalentedness, having recorded every single sound the hard way. And that he writes, arranges, produces, and plays the music all by himself is impressive business that tragically few artists can accomplish, and he breathes life into an otherwise borderline passé concept album. There are tracks like “Feels Like Falling in Love” and “Second Nature,” a celebration of the fun that comes with unburdened joie de vivre. The highlight of that set is Bertram’s original interpretation of The Beach Boys' classic “God Only Knows.”
The record follows a journey from heartbreak into hope that’s universal and deeply human. ‘Everything Again’ is further evidence of Sean Bertram’s high-stocked songwriting instincts, a natural balance between musical hoe-downing and some truly soul-baring wisdom, never far from the rootsy, classic pop traditions that have driven him thus far. It’s an album that implores you to listen, and re-listen, finding more meaning with each pass.
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