This eats at the inner core of sadness but prevails. Bound by Cambridge rockers Lonely The Brave is a comeback song worthy of praise and devotion. The act, now with a new vocalist in starlet, Jack Bennett, don’t powder over the cracks, but interlock their talents into the fabric of sincerity. And Bound is an intelligent song, which gives us an insight into a broken existence. This existence seems futile and broken.
The track is also a bashful guitar-driven showstopper. It sits proudly above anything the band has done previously, and that shows the quality of Bound as there hasn’t been a mediocre dud from Lonely The Brave. They’re majestic musicians playing their hearts out and never slogging through songs, but enhancing them with their impeccable output.
Lyrically, this is a poetic masterclass. Lonely The Brave have always been high calibre wordsmiths, but on Bound, they have written a masterful piece which holds anecdotes and cuts deep. Bennett lets his voice rise and fall. He’s an accomplished vocalist and adds intensity and abrasiveness. He sings lines like this “Now, a minute of silence, There’s red in the valley, was it worth it? If existing is worthless, Then biding time is a K.O fight”. Bound may not be one for the optimists, but it’s definitely one for the poets at large.
The ongoing fight between love and life impacts this song. It doesn’t taint it in any way, but implements an evocative balance. Throughout this stunner, hope hangs in the balance, dreams fade into black, hearts beat for clean blood, and romance is dead. But, with all the negativity surrounding the song, it is a dreamy, poignant affair. And those riveting instrumentals interweave brilliantly with rising vocals, sending the
listener into an excitable and memorable state.
Lonely The Brave are creatives. There is no doubting their talent, and with Bound, they have excelled beyond the sun-soaked skies.
