Songs for a fresh start
APART
Allen Stone
ATO/PIAS
US blue-eyed soul singer Allen Stone used the COVID lockdown to revisit 11 tracks from his previous three albums, and re-record them with pared-back arrangements at Bear Creek Studios in his home state of Washington. ‘Unaware’, from his 2012 self-titled, is a protest song of sorts, questioning the “great American dream”, and he looks across to the “other side of town” on ‘Brown Eyed Lover’. Stone shows his R&B credentials up front of a basic piano backing on ‘American Privilege’, a track that unravels his country’s perceived way of life,
