Britt Nicole

With her sophomore album The Lost Get Found, Britt Nicole has created a sweet little candy confection of a pop album. And just when she’s edging towards becoming a little too saccharine, she manages to pull it back into a slightly darker sound that balances the album nicely.

The album begins with the title song, “The Lost Get Found,” an encouraging song reminding believers “Don’t let your light go down/ Don’t let your fire burn out/ Somewhere, someone needs a reason to believe.” There’s always a chance to encourage someone with your own life, and you never know when you might be the answer to someone else’s prayers.

The album moves on with “How We Roll,” one of the most upbeat and catchy of the eleven tracks. It’s a song that could find a home on the Disney Channel without any trouble. With lyrics like, “Turn it up/ Make it loud on your radio/ We’re gonna dance everywhere we go/ Everybody knows that’s how we roll,” it practically screams dance party. At first listen, it could possibly be interpreted as an encouragement to shirk responsibilities and just chill out, But upon a closer listen, the song is a celebration of the quieter moments in life that are so easy to miss out on when we’re panicked and running from one thing to the next.

“How We Roll” transitions awkwardly into the strangely placed “Safe,” a much more mellow piano-driven number. It’s a decent song that highlights Nicole’s vocal range, but it’s placement breaks up the intense energy present so far on the album.

Later in the album, “Headphones” finds Nicole channeling Avril Lavigne with a hint of Regina Spektor right at the beginning. And she pulls it off beautifully. The track tells the stories of people broken down by life, devastated by the place they currently find themselves in. But Britt Nicole takes their stories and tells them the future will be brighter. While it’s an admirable sentiment, it also comes across a little trite, and could end up pushing a hurting person further away rather than inviting them in and truly caring for them. After all, not everything can be fixed just by smiling. It’s easily the weakest track of the album.

“Walk on the Water” takes a similar theme but fleshes it out in a much more true-to-life fashion. With a bright piano background, she encourages those overwhelmed and drowning in life. This time, she takes a much harder look at the doubt, fear, and insecurities that can surround each one of us. But she whispers, “You know you’re made for more/ So don’t be afraid to move/ Your faith is all it takes/ And you can walk on the water too.” It’s a nice recovery from “Headphones”.

The last tracks on the album slow down a bit, heading towards the closer, “Have Your Way”. The piano-driven ballad is so intimate that it feels like we’re taking a glance into her journals. She cries out to God, “Feels like I’ve been here forever/Why can’t You just intervene/Do you see the tears keep falling/And I’m falling apart at the seams.” It becomes a deeply worshipful song, reminding God of where she’s at, but concluding with, “Just have Your way.” It’s an incredibly relatable and yet challenging song, and the perfect end to The Lost Get Found.

Britt Nicole shows a depth and range here that wasn’t as prevalent on her first album. While not perfect, she swings from bubblegum pop to powerful ballads to crunchy pop-rock with aplomb, and Britt Nicole shows she’s a talent to take notice of.

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