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ADRIAN THRILLS reviews Teddy Swims: I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) - Get set for soul man to make a big splash
As its title suggests, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) is a continuation of his 2023 debut album.
His regular backroom team, including Nashville-based co-writer Mikky Ekko and former One Direction collaborators Julian Bunetta and John Ryan, are back on board, and the 13 songs here again find Swims wearing his heart on his (tattooed) sleeve, while making the most of his powerful, blue-eyed soul voice. He says the ‘everything but therapy’ line was inspired by his inability to deal sensibly with ‘the stuff life throws at you’, and he runs through a range of soulful styles in his search for answers: glossy balladry on Your Kind Of Crazy; easy-listening on the nostalgic Northern Lights; crisp pop on the yearning single Bad Dreams. Conceived in lockdown, and brought to life after the singers played 2023’s Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, it’s a mix of Gaelic sounds and modern folk, with Carpenter penning Satellite – about a ‘zombie spaceship’ – and the superb A Heart That Never Closes.
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