{"id":12311,"date":"2023-01-17T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12311"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T22:53:54","slug":"album-review-jacob-brodovsky-i-love-you-and-im-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2023\/01\/17\/album-review-jacob-brodovsky-i-love-you-and-im-sorry\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Jacob Brodovsky ::  I Love You and I\u2019m Sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/f4.bcbits.com\/img\/a0390536602_16.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Sam Doucet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Brodovsky has been doing a lot of thinking. At a time when many artists are pumping out material at breakneck pace to keep their names in the conversation, and most of them are already working on their second or third pandemic-driven album, this Winnipeg troubadour has taken his time in releasing his debut full-length, the ever-so-cloyingly titled <em>I Love You and I\u2019m Sorry. <\/em>It\u2019s the first recordings we\u2019ve heard from him since 2019\u2019s <em>Sixteen Years<\/em> EP, which introduced many local ears to Brodovsky\u2019s pensive and unhurried brand of indie folk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>ILYAIS <\/em>offers the listener a more richly developed selection of songs than on previous releases \u2013 owing to the patience and care Brodovsky took in writing the songs, as well as the who\u2019s who of local musicians that lend their talents to the ten tracks herein. The lyrics on this album range from literal and bleak, to metaphorical and brimming with whimsy \u2013 with the fluctuations in musical tone to match. The opener, \u201cMe and My Mental Health,\u201d paints a picture of helplessness and guilt, in a combination all too familiar to those of us living through unprecedented global strife from a distance. \u201cThe Night Baker&#8221; picks up the pace with a more pronounced beat and a curious story cloaked in \u2013 I assume \u2013 at least a metaphor or two. Elsewhere on the album, we\u2019re treated to a truly touching account of Brodovsky meeting his sweetheart, a brutal fly-on-the-wall retelling of post-breakup conversations over coffee, and a universally-relatable number about the weight of expectations.\u00a0<br>Brodovsky\u2019s voice sometimes tiptoes over his gentle strumming and at times, cascades over the wailing slide guitar that lends an air of melancholy to many of the slower tracks on <em>ILYAIS. <\/em>Well-placed strings, piano, and vocal harmonies offer a new depth to his compositions. The influences of John K. Samson and later-era Wilco are on full display here, but Brodovsky\u2019s engaging mix of highly personal and undeniably universal musings are something that listeners will be wanting more of before long. This album took its time coming into being \u2013 but the result is the album Brodovsky wanted to give us, one whose tone is bleak, honest, and endearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Night Baker (Acoustic) - Jacob Brodovsky\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d-iwSwqG6z4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Sam Doucet Jacob Brodovsky has been doing a lot of thinking. At a time when many artists are pumping out material at breakneck pace to keep their names in the conversation, and most of them are already working on their second or third pandemic-driven album, this Winnipeg troubadour has taken his time in releasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1420,1480,1481],"class_list":["post-12311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-i-love-you-and-im-sorry","tag-jacob-brodovsky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12312,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12311\/revisions\/12312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}