Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jon Brændsgaard Toft released his album, Brick By Brick, in May 1, 2023. Full of prog-rock and folk influences with harmonies and funk laid out, the album takes listeners through a journey sounding as if they are being taken in on an adventure filled with insights.
Brick By Brick opens with “Mr. Johnson,” a playful and catchy song with a thick, playful groove and glimmering, uplifting aural field which gives its narrative lyrics the right kind of music to accommodate the engaging delivery of the singer. The song’s quirky lyrics and infectious melody are sure to get you smiling.
“Brick By Brick,” the album’s title track, is a more relaxing and introspective song with a heaviness balanced with a fire-licking softly pelleting percussion that explores perseverance. The singer’s trailing voice hypnotizes us with his optimistic resilience.
Other standout tracks on the album include “Part of Something New,” a hopeful and uplifting song about finding your place in the world. Toft revisits the theme of rebuilding a life with bricks as he refers to the “bricks” to start a project with.
Meanwhile, “The Explorers” takes you on a dreamy and atmospheric land out of earth and into space. The album concludes with “The Ballad of Tír na nÓg,” a folksy song that tells a tale of love and loss. With a storytelling tone, Toft sings animatedly about leaving behind his home for a girl who was “just like a princess”
Listen to Brick By Brick by Jon Brændsgaard Toft if you enjoy music and stories equally.
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Photo credits: Christoffer Håkansson
Review by: Naomi Joan