Nick Antonelli’s latest record, ‘To Get To Here’ is a lovable mesh of harmonic folk melodies that range from up tempo jingles to more slow lullabies that work wonderfully as melancholic ballads. Loaded with heart and soul, Antonelli regales tales of his own that meander through his personal struggles with love, heartbreak, politics. All the while, he remains true to his own authentic expression, beautifully and evocatively piecing together the entire collection. The folksy and empowering opener, ‘Time In The Sun’ has you yearning for your own moment of greatness and recognition. It’s the kind of innately inspirational feelings that comes rushing to you in waves during the chorus line.
A similar soundscape is brought to resplendent life on the ever so packed and immersive ‘Bedsheets’. If there’s one thing that Antonelli does so seemingly effortlessly, it’s write down a chorus line that’s ridiculously infectious. Every record on this album has the chorus just being so easily addictive and getting you to sing along without a doubt in your mind. Even the slower tunes like ‘Lullaby For A Barfly’ just carry with them so much raw sincere feeling and melodic harmonies on the chorus line that you feel like you’re in the bar with Antonelli.
All in all, To Get To Here feels like a record that’s meant to be best enjoyed in your local pub. It’s meant to be enjoyed with friends or strangers alike, with anyone who has a heart and soul and is yearning for an expression for it all.