New song (it's a rock song) – out today
Alright folks. The second (and final) single before the release of the The Mo(µ)rning EPs is out TODAY.
»» Listen to the song "It Is Love" here (links to all music services): https://songwhip.com/brodybond/it-is-love
Extra points for posting that link on Facebook or Twitter or whatever you like!
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Some people have asked me to say more about the songs I'm releasing. Here's a short reflection on the inception of the song "It Is Love":
When I first played some of this new batch of songs for an audience in 2019, I couldn't open my eyes and look at folks. I was scared to. I didn't want to see that I was being looked at. And I didn't want people to think that I was up there singing because I wanted to be seen.
I thought that if someone was kindly listening to my song, I might in turn *owe them* something for it. Which is totally unfair of me, not just to myself, but to the people in the room, too. I was giving others power that they weren't asking for, and this would cause me to treat them not as friends, but as creditors. I was in their debt. But only by my own doing.
But what if I believed I didn't need anything from "you". And what if I didn't think that you were needing anything from me? That might be a place where love can actually exist – because it's a space without the possibility of resentment. It's a space without fear.
Grace is sometimes defined as "getting something you don't deserve." I've come to believe that grace is also a "non-owing." Because to owe someone something — or to think that I owe someone something — in return for their love is actually a great offense to the unconditional gift that love is.
Neither do you deserve nor do you owe. That's love. So then, as the song asks, "How do you prove you don't need the proof?" I've been trying to navigate that mysterious question for while now.
Writing this song a couple years ago was a new push for me to wanting to relate to people differently. I started a slow process of trying to be less afraid with people. Not as an exercise in building my confidence, but as just trying to be more kind to the other person.
I've discovered my best relationships are those where we know we can and will hurt each other, and that that's ok; That to say, "You hurt me, and I want to talk about it," isn't a treated as a threat. That's where I wanna be.
Here's the song's chorus:
It is love
When we don’t need anything
It is love
When we can hurt us
It is love
Not to make us afraid
It is love
I've said more about this song in an article at American Highways magazine, which premiered the track earlier this week, if you wanna check that out.
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Ok, friends. We'll be in touch soon. A bunch of stuff coming up.
Hey, if you have any interest in hosting a house concert at your place, please let me know. I'm putting dates together for fall, winter, and spring. It could be a GREAT way to get your community or group of friends doing something fun and meaningful that's pretty easy to pull off.
