Audren’s Think Freedom asks you to rethink everything from love to freedom to what it even means to stay human in a world running on noise. Built from indie pop, jazz, neo-soul, folk, funk, and cinematic rock textures, the album feels sprawling yet intimate, like flipping through someone’s diary while an orchestra hums in the next room. After years away from music due to illness, Audren returns with scars, wisdom, and fire in her belly, through her music.
“A New Page” opens the record with glowing acoustic guitars, ghostly falsettos, and neoclassical flourishes that drift like mist over a lake at sunrise. Audren sings with fragile hope, longing to rewrite life itself. She sings, “If I had the courage, I would write a new page.” Then comes “The Good Road,” which kicks the door open with stronger drums, gospel harmonies, and uplifting energy. It’s catchy as hell, but there’s still poetry stitched into every line, balancing optimism with exhaustion from a fractured world.
Things take a darker turn on “When Freedom Dies,” where haunting melodies and rebellious lyricism create a Kafkaesque atmosphere of distrust and surveillance. Audren’s voice remains calm and elegant even while warning listeners not to blindly follow the crowd. Meanwhile, “We Want Funkey!” shakes off the heaviness with irresistible funk grooves, swaggering basslines, celebratory horns, and playful vocal interplay that feels straight out of a smoky retro dance club.
Elsewhere, “Flowers In The Snow” aches with melancholy and compassion, wrapping themes of homelessness and fragility inside cinematic piano and communal backing vocals. “True Love” floats with mystical warmth, while “Si Tu Veux Monsieur” practically begs for dim lights and crowded dance floors.
What makes “Think Freedom” so compelling is how deeply human it feels. Audren simply pours emotion into every corner of the album with elegance and sincerity, creating a richly layered, spiritually charged collection that aids like medicine for tired souls.
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Review by: Naomi Joan