Local Tucson, Arizona artist, Adam Townsend, released his first full-length, debut album at midnight on June 7. His album, titled All My Fires, is an 11-song testament to the intrinsic passion that makes life rich.
The leading song on his album, “Everyday,” embodies the most surreal, sunny day in New York City. “Everyday” is essentially everything good. The song is current and contemporary, but also sparks the wonderment of nostalgia. I’ve never skipped through the busy sidewalks of sunny New York City in the 1990s, but the song echoes the perfect soundtrack to that magical, made-up memory. I think that is the power of good music— it illuminates feelings, whether truly experienced before or not, good music takes the listener to a charming and eerily close feeling of remembrance. “Everyday” is good music. And it’s just the first song.
Adam Townsend’s All My Fires takes listeners through a familiar but personal journey of love, heartache, hard work, and passion. His album is the physical epitome of the years of dedication that brought him to complete and share All My Fires, and each song is representative of the process. The album is fully ‘Adam Townsend’ stylistically— meaning that his personal influence and sound shines uniquely through each song he wrote for the album. He is purely singer-songwriter soul, and touches on every good thing in an album: he plays with funky melodies and interesting intros, he joins a rasp in his voice with graceful runs, he has a song for every person and every feeling, and has a unique duet with “Hurricane” featuring Lindsey Lomis. Though he is Adam Townsend through and through, there are hints of influence from artists like James Morrison— current yet timeless.
Personally, my favorite songs on the album are the first and the last— “Everyday” and “The River.” In way, separately and together, these two songs represent bookends to the album in full. “Everyday” is a bit upbeat and fun, the soundtrack to the inherent good day. “The River” is a necessary, refreshing baptism into life, as it should be lived.
I’ve discovered, after listening to All My Fires countless times throughout its first week public, that the most preferable way to listen is with headphones, because it deserves that much attention and respect, but it also consumes head space in a creatively comforting way that it simply alludes to the magical charm of daily living. You can listen to All My Fires on all popular platforms. Click here to listen now.