Kip Moore's New Album "Is Not Going to Be for Everyone"
10 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Kip Moore's New Album "Is Not Going to Be for Everyone"
One of the most anticipated albums this year, is Kip Moore‘s sophomore project. Having established a solid base for himself with hits as diverse as ‘Somethin’ ’bout a Truck’ and ‘Hey Pretty Girl,’ the singer-songwriter seems to have a clear direction in mind for the new project.
“It’s not going to be for everybody, but I think the fans of what we’ve been doing are gonna love it,” he told Billboard.
Well, good.
Most memorable albums aren’t mass-appeal products. And from what I have heard of this album so far, I expect him to be totally correct on both those statements. The new material has a lot more weight to it than the Up All Night collection. There is no ‘Beer Money’ on this record.
Explaining why he went in that direction, Moore said:
“I’ve always wanted to focus a lot on blue collar America. I watched my dad just work so hard, man, for so little and really scrape to get us by. We had six kids and I really got to see the struggle. I wrote a song [‘Comeback Kid’] really speaking to those people doing the daily grind, getting by, with big families — the construction workers, the factory workers, those kind of people. I wrote that for them, straight to the heart. I had to bump one [song] I felt was more personal for that one, but it had to go on there.”
I am extremely glad that ‘Comeback Kid’ is going to make the album, it’s an astonishing song.
With the music industry all but allergic to creative chance-taking, I hope that Moore will get the support he will need to continue to grow. When I was asked last year what I thought of his live show, I answered “he’s country music’s Bruce Springsteen.”
And goodness knows Nashville sure could use a Bruce Springsteen…
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
Her main influences are coffee, cats, and Alexander Hamilton.
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