CHAYCE BECKHAM

                                                              "Little Less Lonely" 

                                                               Wheelhouse Records

With his winning turn on season 19 of American Idol, Chayce Beckham not only grew an incredible following in the glow of the television spotlight, but the platform rocketed him to superstardom amongst the songwriting community when he performed his show-stopping, original composition “23,” a song which as of this writing is sticking in the Top 40 at country radio and climbing with a bullet.

With “23,” and the ultra-personal “Till The Day I Die,” Beckham has continually impressed with his rough around the edges vocals, raw honesty, and songs that reach through the speakers to resonate with listeners and pull them in.

He now returns with “A Little Less Lonely.”

The song, which quickly became a fan favorite during his run of shows with Luke Bryan this summer, takes us straight into a country bar on a night when two broken hearts meet, flirt, and lean into one another as a cure for their loneliness.

Immediately painting the visuals to set the scene, he sings of the steel guitar radiating from the stage while allowing us to eavesdrop on the flirtatious exchange between himself and the woman he’s saddled up next to at the bar, taking us into the courage filled moment where he playfully asks her to dance.

The ultra-catchy melody of the chorus entices you to bop along as the lyrical turn feels like he’s reached the peak of his eureka moment, singing:

“Pour a Little more tequila

Drown a couple broken hearts

Pull you in close and dance to every song

That comes on in this bar

The more we tip this band, the longer we stand

The more we forget about why we came

The more we talk

I get a little more lost in the neon in your eyes

And a little less lonely tonight”

Piggybacking off that “take a chance” roll of the dice, Beckham seems fully accepting of his heartbreak as he pushes into the second verse, ultimately starting to realize that it might not be such a bad thing as he turns up his flirting to embrace this current moment in total understanding that while goodbyes certainly suck, they’ve got each other right here, right now.

The really cool thing about this song is that it never really completes the idea of whether or not they actually trade the bar stool for the dance floor, which makes this conversation between them nothing more than a moment when two broken hearts climb out their sadness and into the realization that they’re still worth something to someone; essentially making each of our main characters a motivating shoulder for one another.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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