Peter Bradley Adam’s
Adam’s sings both about “finding his way back home” (”Family Name”) and also asking those he loves to “take the road that leads you home” and that he’ll be “waiting there for you.” However, Adam’s also speaks of a “dream” which “will not let him go” (in the title Track “Traces of You”). One of the album’s main themes seems to beckon us home (wherever that may be), but at the same time the difficulty of reaching this place (whether we consider home a metaphorical or physical place). He speaks most frankly about this struggle in the track I Cannot Settle Down where he says “I must keep travelin’ on / to find the place that I belong.” He then speaks of how he might not ever find it.
The deeply personal and transparent lyrics that Adams reminds of a kind of John Prine without the country/bluegrass twinge. His lyrics also sometimes share a spiritual quality like that of Leeland or Phil Wickham. He speaks to angels in the song Darkening Sky begging not to lose the one he loves. The album speaks both of loss and His voice reminds of a mix between Josh Radin and the Blind Pilot.
One of the most repeated symbols used throughout the album is clouds and rain-clouds. Especially in the song Tell Myself, he speaks of rain clouds constantly over his head because a former romantic relationship. He tells himself that there should be no more contact, but he wants to let her in just one more time. I particularly enjoy this repeated imagery throughout the album.
You might like Peter Bradley Adams if you also like: Matt Wertz, Mat Kearny, or Amos Lee.
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