Brandi Carlile refines her strengths on seventies rock-inspired ‘In These Silent Days. ’
Mitchell’s influence looms large on the new album along with clear nods to Elton John and others in the Seventies FM rock/pop pantheon.
often finds Carlile in a position of needing to seek it. “Mama Werewolf” depicts her as restless creature who’s “up all night when the world should sleep,” asking her child to be the “silver bullet” that pulls her back in. The eerie “When You’re Wrong” has her worrying over the growing distance to someone who “may be here today, but tomorrow you’re a ghost” as it careens to an intense finish of guitar squall and Carlile’s distorted wail.
The new songs don’t always reach bone the way Carlile’s best work can. “Letter to the Past” feels adrift in midtempo metaphors about being a “stone wall in a world full of rubber bands.” And “Stay Gentle” is a nice enough lesson, but she previously covered similar territory in “The Mother” and “The Joke.”
Where Carlile excels is when she leads with empathy and self-awareness. On the stripped-down album closer “Throwing Good After Bad,” Carlile addresses someone who might be “addicted to the rush, the chase, the new” and at risk of forfeiting everything. “Now the party’s over and you’re dancing alone,” she warns. “You’ve been spinnin’ round for hours, the band have all gone home.”
It could just as easily be a message to any hard-working performer with a family at home as it could be Carlile’s urgent reminder to herself to leave the rockstar bullshit out on the road. Either way, it’s the kind of vulnerable, complicated statement that has made her such a relatable artist.
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