The title track opens the record in slow and swaying style as Blair Howerton sings about how ‘sometimes it’s over’ and then becomes more defiant: ‘Wake up, take all your chances’. With a touch of Laurel Canyon in its alt-folk sound, it’s a soulful piece that carries through on ‘Rhyme or Reason’, a touching story of heartbreak and despair with its talk of ‘Disappearing thoughts of love’.
‘Fake Out’ has experimental tones and almost falls apart ...