LEWIS BRICE

                                                              "Seeing Summer" 

                                                               Independent Release

With his first full-length album Product Of releasing on July 28th, renowned country rocker Lewis Brice offered us a snapshot of where he’s at right now in life and music, drawing rave reviews for the ultra-personal title track as he weaved listeners through the small-town love story of his parents and how he and his brother were subsequently raised on those hometown morals and values.

As the album and the song both continue to make strong impact on the country music scene, we enter the tail end of the dog days of summer with Brice now sliding to the next focus track, the seasonally appropriate, “Seeing Summer.”

The song, written by Brice, Davey Arnold, Clayton Shay, and Andrew Capra, delivers a feel-good tempo within the groove of the intro over a knowing, foreshadowing chuckle from Brice as he initially slaps you with a picture painting lyric of the night that his now ex slammed the door on their relationship, walking out with her middle finger in the air while exclaiming, “I hope you know, I’m the best you ever had.”

However, as the tone of the music and that sly chuckle in the intro might have given away, this is anything but another sad, heartbreak song about missing your ex and pining to get her back. Instead, Brice quickly shifts gears and whisks you away on a top-down drive to the Gulf Coast, straight into a carefree, unattached summer rebound for the next three months.

Confessing that while he’s heard she’s found someone new, he tellingly states that he’s seeing someone new as well, as he bumps the addictive, sway along melody of the chorus with clever references to his “summertime” fling, singing:

“I'm seein' summer with this ray ban view

The only thing that's blue is the sky I'm under

I'm high as the tide, I ain't gonna lie

I ain't salty but my rim is

Right now, life is pretty beachin'

You moved on quick, so I took a trip

I ain't lovesick, you're seein' him

And I'm seein' summer”

Continuing to list fun-filled references to his love of his newfound single summer, he engages feel-good vibes with mentions of falling hard for tiki bars, listening to reggae music on repeat, and standing knee-deep in rum runners.

Themes of summertime are really nothing new to country music, but when a songwriter can craft something that carries familiarity while swerving the norm into fresh lyrical territory, they instantly pull the listener in and keep them invested. Lewis Brice does just that with “Seeing Summer,” as each turn of the phrase presents the next kiss-off moment wrapped into a sunshine aura that intriguingly keeps you floating atop the vibes of the insatiable melody.   

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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