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Oct 15, 2024It sounds more ebullient than Jelly Roll’s surprisingly bracing lyrics sometimes are. It’s not overstating the case to say that “Beautifully Broken” counts as a heartening piece of work.
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Oct 15, 2024Jelly Roll is still finding his place in the world – you can hear that in his songwriting – but the polish and potency of this album suggest he’s almost there.
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Oct 28, 2024Addiction and mental health, subjects that are interwoven throughout the potent 22-track set with the rawness and renewal born of having been caught in their grips.
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Oct 15, 2024Like with the other highlights on Beautifully Broken, it succeeds because he’s singing about what he knows firsthand. In this case ["Hey Mama"], a good woman; in others, a flawed man.
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Oct 16, 2024As for now, he has the voice, the pathos, and the charisma required of an American folk hero. Now all he needs are the songs.
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Oct 15, 2024Subtly abetted by Nashville’s equivalent of pop songwriters-for-hire, the songs are well written enough to carry you along, but the originality, such as it is, comes from DeFord’s gravelly, untutored voice and the lyrical fixation on addiction.