brakence, “venus fly trap” | Track Review 🎵

Rising pop musician brakence impresses on his second single from 2022, “venus fly trap,” which encompasses deep infatuation.

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think it’s better when she don’t even ask me / Three chords and she all over me nasty.” Only three chords, 🎙 brakence (Randy Findell)? Wow! To his credit, prior to those key lines from the chorus of 🎵 “venus fly trap”,  the pop musician characterizes himself as “A hypochondriac / I think of you, blood pressure spikes / I’ll have a heart attack.” Just these excerpts from “venus fly trap” should give you a sense of how alluring and how cool this record is from an artist more folks need to be buzzing about.

Brakence is quite talented by my estimations.  He possesses a distinct, incredibly nuanced voice that has sort of this huskiness but also has the ability to deliver a ripe falsetto.  Listening to him, he sounds like he could front a pop-punk band, but he’s not limited to pop-punk; he’s quite versatile.  In “venus fly trap,” our young romantic is taken with this girl, who fell for him quickly and, essentially, has sucked him in as a Venus fly trap does.  What’s interesting is, brakence, who is bisexual, also appears to rebound from a previous relationship with a man, depending on how you read into the first verse lyrics, “This ain’t love, boy, you’re just a pick-me-up.” Throughout, brakence emphasizes her power over him with a plethora of colorful lyrics such as, “I’m like, ‘god damn,’ she slid in, now we’re breaking the ice / The concoction just hit me, it’s dilating my eyes,” “I was hypnotized soon as her lips met mine,” and “She’s undercover, got a Trojan to crash me.”  Besides the voice, theme, and lyrics, the music is compelling as well – a backdrop perfect for this infatuated record, particularly the outro where we experience that angelic falsetto 😍.

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Final Thoughts 💭 

Amazingly, brakence, who’ll be 21 by the end of 2022, has a musical maturity beyond his years. “Venus fly trap” showcases how gifted he is.  It also contrasts him from others which is key in the congested pop music word. My hope for brakence is that he experiences the breakthrough that he deserves. “Venus fly trap” is utterly sublime.

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🎙 brakence • 🎵 “venus fly trap” • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 7.8.22

[📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

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