Music review: Tom Chaplin – 无毛视频楾he Wave无毛视频�
For his first solo effort, Tom Chaplin uses his time away from the British band Keane to chronicle his personal journey through addiction and sobriety.
无毛视频淭he Wave无毛视频� serves as an intimate and emotional confessional describing a descent into darkness and then a rebirth fueled by optimism and hope.
Chaplin无毛视频檚 haunting musical scenarios of pain, loss, struggle and redemption strike me with the same sincerity and heartbreaking intensity I felt on Butch Walker无毛视频檚 fragile and moody 无毛视频淎fraid of Ghosts无毛视频� from 2015.
无毛视频淏uried in the rubble/There无毛视频檚 a boy in trouble/Reaching for a piece of the sky,无毛视频� sings Chaplin on the opening track. 无毛视频淪till Waiting无毛视频� describes the feeling of having darkness and despair as a constant companion and the frustration of waiting to be rescued from the emotional and physical wreckage that our inner demons orchestrate.
无毛视频淗ardened Heart无毛视频� follows the same desperate plea as Chaplin hits his lowest point and scans the damage done to friends and loved ones as he sings, 无毛视频淗urting everyone I know/Bringing everybody down so low/Stuck along a road of sadness/With nowhere to go.无毛视频�
Not everything on 无毛视频淭he Wave无毛视频� is doom and gloom. 无毛视频淭he River无毛视频� finds Chaplin finally moving on from the past and turning a new page as he is reminded that the good old days are long gone and it is finally time to move forward.
无毛视频淏ring the Rain无毛视频� is a moving track about emerging hope and rejuvenation through the washing away of past sins and the revealing of the light through the cleansing of the soul.
After going through the process of repairing relationships left broken as a result of his addictions, Chaplin pens two very powerful love letters with 无毛视频淗old On to Our Love无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪olid Gold.无毛视频� These tracks outline the process of rediscovering the true power of love through honesty, devotion, understanding and standing by your partner无毛视频檚 side no matter what the world throws at you.
无毛视频淭ime will sweep these things away/And I无毛视频檒l be carried by the wave,无毛视频� declares Chaplin on the title track that gracefully draws the album to a close with Chaplin coming to terms with his existence and feeling at peace with who he is and where he is headed.
Now on his own, Chaplin embraces his recent tribulations and triumphs and delivers the first masterpiece of the new year.