Bryson Cole opens up on deeply personal new album, Letters To Myself
Review by Austin Sher
Dallas rapper, Bryson Cole, is back with an impeccable new album, titled Letters To Myself. The record was officially released this morning, June 12th, 2020, and let us be the first to tell you, it’s an absolute must listen.
According to Cole, Letters To Myself is an extremely personal album that focuses throughout on themes surrounding “mental health, spirituality, and his journey from pain to peace”. The story goes that Cole spent time writing individual letters to himself, the letters started to translate into songs, and ultimately turned into this album that we recommend you listen to. Not only are the lyrics strong and powerful, but the instrumentals are right up there with the quality you’d expect from Cole.
Kicking off the record is album opener, “Other Side”, that serves its purpose as a prelude to the rest of the tracks you’ll be hearing. It sets the tone in the beginning and allows for the listener to buckle into the next 11 songs all the while creating suspense.
What seems typical within the genre these days, is the overall soundscapes sound so similar to one another, the entire record can feel like one big song and start to become stale. Letters To Myself has done the complete opposite here. In particular, I felt that songs like “Damage” and “Elevate” could have been on two completely separate records. As cohesive as the whole record is, it provides enough variance in sound and lyrics, that the entire album flows wonderfully. All of the tracks provide the ability to either listen to within the context of the whole album, or you could easily cherry pick individual songs for mood-based playlists. For me, that’s the sign of a great album, the ability to choose between both.
Through and through, Letters To Myself absolutely crushes as a summer album. It’s an album you could listen to relaxing on the beach or going for a long drive up the coast. It serves many purposes really. It’ll give you the option to gain introspection on yourself provided the context of the lyrics or you could dance in your room to it.
If at this point in the review you haven’t stopped reading and started listening, we recommend you close the tab and listen as soon as possible!
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