CD Review: Avery Anna – Breakup Over Breakfast
By Adam Chance for Country Music News International Magazine
1. Breakup Over Breakfast
2. Vanilla
3. Blame It On My Broken Heart
4. It’s Just Rainin’
5. Lose You Again (featuring Parmalee)
6. Party
7. If You Wanna Hurt Somebody
8. Honey
9. Don’t Be That Guy
10. Grand Canyon
11. Make It Look Easy
12. Blonde
13. Know It All
14. I Will (When You Don’t) (featuring Dylan Marlowe)
15. Two Sides of the Story
16. Girl Next Door
17. The Rest (featuring The Love Junkies)
In her debut full-length album, Breakup Over Breakfast, Avery Anna captures the emotional complexities of love and loss. Known for her poignant lyrics and emotive vocals, Anna delves deeply into themes of heartbreak and resilience. The album’s title track introduces listeners to a reflective journey, exploring her breakup with both clarity and raw emotion, setting the stage for a narrative of personal growth and healing.
Throughout the album, standout songs like Vanilla and If You Wanna Hurt Somebody address the harsh realities of relationships with unflinching honesty. Vanilla speaks to the struggles of balancing self-identity with relationship expectations, while If You Wanna Hurt Somebody reveals the painful depths of a toxic romance. These tracks show Avery’s ability to present vulnerability as strength, a theme woven throughout the album.
Lose You Again, featuring Parmalee, and I Will (When You Don’t), a duet with Dylan Marlowe, showcase Anna’s versatility and her willingness to explore diverse sounds within the country-pop genre. With Parmalee’s harmonies in Lose You Again, she explores the cyclical nature of on-and-off relationships, while her collaboration with Marlowe offers a defiant, high-energy breakup anthem.
A reflective track, The Rest, which features The Love Junkies, concludes the album on a hopeful note. This heartfelt song encapsulates the wisdom gained from love, heartbreak, and family, wrapping up Breakup Over Breakfast with a sense of closure and optimism for the future.
With her expressive voice and deeply relatable lyrics, Avery Anna has crafted an album that is both a cathartic release and a celebration of emotional growth. Breakup Over Breakfast is a promising debut, marking her as a rising voice in the country-pop landscape.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars
For more information, visit Avery Anna’s official website – https://www.averyannamusic.com