Audrenโs new single โThe Good Road,โ from her forthcoming album Think Freedom (Nov. 2025), is indie pop and soft rock, with a side of poetic storytelling. As a songwriter and award-winning novelist, Audren channels her lyrical sensibility into music that speaks to nostalgia, healing, and collective hope. After years of battling Lyme disease and stepping away from music, she returns successfully, with โThe Good Roadโ serving as a rallying cry for unity and wonder in uncertain times. Produced by Chris Rime, with hypnotic guitar lines and Hammond organ, the track situates itself between intimate confession and soaring communal anthem.
The song opens with shimmering cymbals and steady guitar lines that catch like sunlight on water, setting an uplifting yet reflective tone. Audren enters in her breathy high head voice, eccentric yet delicate, channeling the conviction through her vulnerabilities. When the chorus arrives, soulful, gospel-like male harmonies slide underneath her vocals, anchoring the refrain with warmth and depth. As the track builds, backing vocals swell to a choir, in all their richness with their shared purpose. The gradual climb is more like a collective spiritual offering.
As for the lyrics, they contain a lot of surreal, grounding imagery: โHave you been a waterfall / Are you somehow magical / Do you like to lose control?โ Nature becomes a mirror for the self with images of resilience and surrender tied to it. Later, she sings, โWeโve been puppets on a string / Weโve lost faith in human being,โ striking with the political weight, before pivoting to trust in โpoetryโ as a source of renewal. She repeats in the chorus, โsometime weโll be back on the good road,โ like a mantra of persistence, suggesting that despite disillusionment, the path back to solidarity and meaning remains open. In the end, Audren leaves listeners with reassurance, that music and memory together can guide us home.
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Review by: Naomi Joan