“I think what Brown is trying to convey to her audience is that when all the fear subsides, when all the fighting has ended, it’s about love. The foundation of life and humanity must be love. It’s that simple – right? Brown makes you believe.”
“She embraces a melancholic harmony with a grace that nearly left me in tears the first time I listened to this record in its entirety. Brielle Brown is unlike any other singer/songwriter on the planet, and she really drives that home in her debut.”
“She communicates feelings of maternity, kinship with the earth, and the unending ties that bind the two together so remarkably well that she sounds like she was born to make this record.”
“A stunning concept EP that doesn’t live inside of its own ambitions too much, Brielle Brown’s The Well is a picture of ethereal femininity and daring millennial songcraft that couldn’t be arriving for a more appropriate summer than the one ahead of us this year.”
“She is constructing something unapologetically unguarded and naturally transcendent in her music. Her work in this record left me utterly spellbound upon receiving my pre-release copy just this week.”
“This six song treasure is rooted in Brown’s philosophy that we never stop learning and growing, or learning to grow... Life, like Brown’s songs, are really about those gray areas between darkness and light – opportunities to cautiously celebrate and delight even when sorrow is in the wings waiting to overtake our senses.”
“The Well is one of the most moving releases I’ve heard in the last five months by a longshot. Brown doesn’t just give us familiar poetic phrasings that could relate to mother earth and earthly alike in The Well, but instead chases unbelievably striking notions that break away from human parameters altogether, perhaps in search of some omnipotence that tethers all life together in art and soil the same.”
“This isn’t just required listening for alternative music buffs right now; it’s a potential game-changer for the indie singer/songwriter circuit and the new era it will have the opportunity to overtake
“A sonic confection of pure beauty, The Well oozes intimacy, conveying silky-smooth melodies gilded by the irresistible, pristine voice of Brielle Brown.”
“Brielle Brown has composed a stunning display of emotion both within her inventively vibrant lyricism and cinematic arrangement. “The Well” is an artful and vulnerable experience.”
“Concrete Stars” is a somber, solemn and reflective life meditation, with echoes of gospel, Americana folk and soul that nestles nicely alongside Emmylou Harris, Mavis Staples, Sarah McLachlan and John Hiatt. Producer Marc Swersky creates a spacious, moody Daniel Lanois-style production, respectfully allowing Brown’s sympathetic, tender vocals to shine as she tackles the complexities of life.
