#19. The Broken Relics - Goodbye Tennessee
It's always nice to welcome a band back to the Top 20 Countdown, I just didn't expect it to be a band that was featured last year, at #2 no less! The Broken Relics are out first local entry, with the band hailing equally from Columbus and Youngstown. After putting out their debut EP last spring, they immediately got back to writing and had had multiple new songs popping up at their shows at the end of the year. I've followed them closely since we first met, and have heard at least 5 or 6 of the new songs they're putting together for a TBD released debut LP. I'm not just saying this as a fan of the band, but I absolutely know that this LP will be even bigger than their first effort, and cannot wait until the band shares the music with the rest of the world.
"Goodbye Tennessee" marked the end of their time recording the EP, which they put together while in Nashville. I've often heard the band speak fondly about their time there, and the song embodies the country-rock feel of the area. It is unique in its slower tempo but also in the fact that lead guitarist Zach Warmouth sings lead on the 2nd verse. It was that part that caught me when I first listened to the track, but the entire song just has a wonderfully melancholy feel to it. It definitely doesn't fit with the previous EP or the newer material I've heard, but it still stands as a solid song showing expert musicianship between the quartet. The song also has a respectable 4k streams on Spotify.
Favorite Line: "I hope you'll understand, I'm just a man, you know"
Title: Goodbye Tennessee
Artist: The Broken Relics
Album: Goodbye Tennessee single
Previous #19s
2019: Sigrid - Sucker Punch
2018: Rick Springfield - In The Land of the Blind
2017: The Head and the Heart - Rhythm & Blues
2016: Metric - The Shade
2015: The Frozen Ocean - Kerosene
2014: Destiny Potato - Take A Picture
2013: Relient K - PTL
2012: Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
2011: The Knux - Razorblade
2010: Demon Hunter - Collapsing (ft Bjorn Strid)
2009: Parachute - She Is Love
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