He’s released multiple singles over the past few years since 2015, he’s dropped extended plays, but now in 2020, singer/songwriter Jeremy Zucker has finally debuted a full album. This thirteen track album love is not dying dropped earlier this year back in April, but it should be acknowledged that Zucker has had a following for a while now even without an album. At the moment, he’s blowing up Spotify with more than thirteen million streams a month, sure to keep him trending in the indie market and likely laying out a pathway for future music for the American artist.
love is not dying is a mix of different musical styles and sounds.
love is not dying is a mix of different musical styles and sounds. Citing some of his favorite artists such as Jon Bellion (this is most evident in the new album) Blink 182, and Mac Miller, Zucker has found a way to integrate all of these diverse influences into his own unique fusion of music. Most of his songs on the new record are slow to mid-tempo, overlaid with Garage Band instrumental sounds and other computer producing software to give it a mix of modern and futuristic vibes. His lyrics are sometimes vague, other times clear, and most all the time well linked and put together as a whole. His vocals are his biggest asset, displaying well-seasoned straight pitches and an innate ability to move in and out of higher notes with ease. There’s also a lot of variety with each song, no one really sounding too much like the other.
It’s not a long album to get through, with just under forty minutes in total listening time. love is not dying opens with a song called still, which is almost meant to be literal in that the track has no lyrics, a distant conversation in the back-round with the message “everyone be really quiet”. This transitions into we’re fucked, it’s fine which is also soft with mostly the guitar and some FX on his voice, with lyrics that are probably the most vague on the entire record but still nice to listen to and interesting to try and decipher. always i’ll care is a track that expresses love in the less romantic light, Zucker singing about his love for his friends and other people close to him in life that are not lovers or partners. brooks is also different from the rest, almost a rap but with a more vocal ending, and a much shorter track than the others. The closing track oh, mexico deserves a mention and serves as a metaphor. It’s a light conclusion to the album that seems to signify heading down to Mexico without ‘actually’ going there, as if the deeper meaning is in finding sanctuary within the mind and not necessarily in a physical place.
Some of these songs are relatable, others really just come from him, but either way it’s an easy and uncomplicated listen. He’s definitely seemed to find his appeal amongst those already listening, and ideally, this album will expand his audience.
