![]() ” Ultimately, it begins The Blessed Unrest off to a fast, moving start. Bareilles’ pipes shine above the production, particularly on the featured line of the chorus, “I just wanna see you be brave.” Throughout “Brave”, Bareilles offers words of encouragement and building strength, whether it is lines like “You can be the outcast / Or the backlash of somebody’s lack of love / Or you can start speaking up … ” or “Don’t run, stop holding your tongue / Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live …. “Brave” opens exceptionally, anchored by its rhythmic nature throughout. Regardless, Bareilles remains in great voice. ![]() To call Bareilles selfish would be a definite overstatement, but, at times on The Blessed Unrest, Bareilles overreaches and others seems a bit blasé. The rub with being such an ambitious singer/songwriter is that sometimes your gift can present itself to others as indulgent. As alluded to by the aforementioned lyric, Bareilles has a prodigious gift for words she’s incredibly poetic and refined with her pen. “Anchored home in her interstellar sea / But poor lonely Cassiopeia.” The featured line is excerpted from Sara Bareilles’ “Cassiopeia”, one of several “heady” tracks from her latest effort, The Blessed Unrest.
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