Album Of The Day: January Flower by Mat Kearney

Album Art of Mat Kearney's January Flower album - On what looks like a flat, dirt surface with a blue sky and a rolling hill in the background, a grainy photo of a man and 5 chairs. The wooden chairs of a light brown color, and they are a very simple box to sit on with a very rectangular wooden back. Each of the chairs has a bit different design below the seat. A white man with short hair and a baseball cap is in a yellow shirt and orange pants, standing on the middle chair and looking down in a profile pose.

"You can't look back / There ain't no future in the past." Released 5 years ago today, this is the seventh album from pop singer-songwriter Mat Kearney. Mat continues to write soft rock, pop and folk songs, sometimes with a bit of a hip-hop influence as well. These songs may not have the notoriety that his earlier albums on a major label have, but they are by no means any less quality music. Most of these are love songs, such as "Anywhere With You", "Stuck In The Moment" and the album closer "Something Beautiful". Some songs are about nostalgia despite the song "Can't Look Back" saying not to dwell on the past, and some are about struggles with relationships, such as "Running In Circles" and "Grand Canyon". This isn't my favorite Mat Kearney album, but all these songs are really good even if they don't appear on his top tracks. I'm really glad that Mat Kearney keeps writing and recording new music and it's been so fun listening to an artist for over 20 years and growing with them.

Release Year: 2021
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