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Better By Now

by Brooke Annibale

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frequency13 Gorgeous vocals over luscious folkish indie pop and amazing lyrics make for what is sure to be one of my favorite releases of the year Favorite track: 5 AM.
H.L.
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H.L. Well, sometimes it is not the right time for metal and then I need some new honest, lively, catchy and emotional rock-pop-indie-singer-songwriter stuff which doesn't bore me after the second listen. In search of such rare pearls I came across Brooke. Her warm breathy voice spreads just the right level of melancholy to turn so many of the soft indie songs into soulful hits, catchy but with depth: "What if", "Be Around", "5 Am" or "Better by Now". Favorite track: Be Around.
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henk_uk Great voice, lush instrumentation and solid songwriting! Favorite track: Social Anxieties.
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HadenGermany When I have the choice to spend the weekend at a party or with these melancholic sometimes sad songs. Then my choice is clear. Thank you Brooke! Favorite track: Better By Now.
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1.
What if You 03:22
I should probably focus on figuring it all out My minds a bit of a mess and all I could feel is doubt Am I really strong enough to do it all over again? Take me back, back to where I feel something What if you loved me back? What if you loved me back? I hear the final boarding call echoing into the night My empty seat on the plane taking off into the sky I remember how you looked at me Maybe I could feel whatever you couldn’t say Carry me, out into the pouring rain What if you loved me back? What if you loved me back? Play it back it’s on repeat It’s all inside of my head What if I would always be The thing you never said Play it back it’s on repeat It’s all inside of my head What if you would always be The thing I never said What if you will always be A voice inside of my head What if you loved me back? I want to know but I won’t ask
2.
Be Around 03:17
If I think I like you now wait until next year Not gonna calm down, I’m gonna face my fear I like it too much when you talk like that I can’t get the feeling off of my back I really want to be around you I really want to be around you Maybe it’ll be enough to carry you home Take me by the hand, I don’t want to be alone Tried to hold it back we’re a little too late Never going back gonna change our fate I really want to be around you I really want to be around you You make me want to be around you You make me want to be around you I really want to be around you I really want to be around you
3.
The things we don’t believe anymore The feelings we just dropped to the floor The tattoo on your wrist The time that we first kissed Outfits that we wore Kids these days Can’t imagine how fast things changed Doesn’t matter in the end Your heart is on the mend Don’t let it go to waste I can’t let this off my mind I just want to set this right If it’s all the same You know I hope you’re okay I won’t ever be the same Things we don’t believe any longer The doubting only makes you stronger Told me I would go to hell And maybe you as well For falling for each other The things that make me think it through The traffic light by the old high school Standing in the parking lot Pretending that we’re not Afraid of what we knew If one day I’m walking down the street And we should meet again I’ll tell you all the things i don’t believe in If one day I’m walking down the street And we should meet again I’ll tell you all the things you mean to me I can’t let this off my mind I just want to set this right If it’s all the same You know I hope you’re okay I won’t ever be the same
4.
When I hear one of those songs Makes me think of you How the whole world fades away When your eyes met mine Lighting up the sky All the words I’d yet to say to you I’ve been having crazy dreams Where I just can’t be Where I need to be on time I’m just running around Trying to calm things down When I feel your hand on mine You Whenever I dream about you What would I do without you All that I have all that I hold on to Whenever I dream about you What would I do without you Hanging on to every word Don’t want to lose my grip There’s so much that’s left to say Bout how we find ourselves How we feel complete How we somehow found our way Through
5.
5 AM 04:12
I wanna dance Wanna hold this feeling in my hands I wanna cry Wanna let it all out of my mind I wanna laugh At some sweet story from our past I don’t want to wait To say what we’ve been waiting to say So give me one good reason why We shouldn’t take a shot at changing our lives After all that we’ve been through Wanna be with you Late at night you, you and I Wide awake talking but don’t ask why Can I resolve to go on and love you all my life? I wanna feel All the things we were trying not to feel On a day like today When we’re letting all the world fade away It was springtime in hindsight I should’ve said something then How do you say it When words can’t explain it again I’ve got a real good feeling It’s all been leading me to you I was searching for the meaning It’s all that we’ve been dreaming come true When it’s 5am in Michigan And I can’t tell you
6.
It’s a little sad Throwing the Christmas tree Out with the trash I never was good at saying goodbye But now we’re here Facing down another year Another false start at the finish line I really wanted to believe it, somehow I really wanted it to be, better by now The last year took A whole lot of life out of us Part of me didn’t even really mind I stay at home Watch your face on the telephone Try to get ahead but I’m falling behind I really wanted to believe it, somehow I really wanted it to be, better by now
7.
You say good morning I thought to myself, but is it still? You say no worries I thought to myself, I bet I will You follow it through Maybe i need some time To follow it through Maybe it’ll pass in time How do you let it all go When it’s living in your head? And how do you take it all back When it wasn’t what you said? You follow it through Maybe I need some time To follow it through Maybe it’ll pass in time How do you find your way out Of a maze that you’re in? When the only advice Is to sit and to let it sink in You follow it through Maybe I need some time To follow it through Maybe it’ll pass in time You say no worries I thought to myself, I bet I will
8.
I went to your wedding You were all dressed up in white And I knew then I must pretend I didn’t love you There was only so much I could say about it then But every once in a while I find myself in peculiar conversations With all my social anxieties I never, never With all my social anxieties I never, never I never talked about it You went to the party Someone told you they were sorry But you used the opportunity To throw me under the bus Tried to fall asleep last night But on a constant loop I find That all the things I said today Were crazy or embarrassing
9.
I Am in Love 04:51
After all this time I hear it like you’re in my mind I say it like you’re in the room I am in love with you It’s my first time Saying out loud how I have felt inside So please forgive me if I have to cry I am in love with you After all this time It all makes sense When I lost my mind I fill my head With you Oh if I could find A melody to hold this light I will never be alone at night No I will never be alone After all this time I see you standing in the fire light I feel the feelings that I felt that night It should come to you as no surprise I am in love with you
10.
I’ve been reading the papers Searching for some good news But it’s written all over the place We’ve all got a case of the blues I’m afraid to say it Afraid to walk away Cause I don’t know when I’ll be back again To see your face You, you hold me together Oh you do, you hold me together You carry me through, you hold me together Oh you do It’s the calm of the morning Lighting up the same sky Everything that I do, well I think of you And I’m alright Your heart and my heart Made from the same stuff Wherever we are, no matter how hard We never give it up You, you hold me together Oh you do, you hold me together You carry me through, you hold me together Oh you do What holds me together What tears me apart I could never lose, that part of you That lives in my heart You, you hold me together Oh you do, you hold me together You carry me through, you hold me together Oh you do

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Better By Now features 10 blossoming indie-pop tracks that Brooke describes as a “spectrum of emotions.” In her trademark layered approach, Brooke reflects on love, anxiety, and how two seemingly opposing forces can exist at once. “This album is almost half about falling in love and half about mental health,” she says. “And what that means in my life and how that applies to the world we're in right now.”

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released September 30, 2022

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