Currently living in Nottingham, Dekker – aka Brookln Dekker – an American indie-folk artist, releases his sophomore album I Won’t Be Your Foe tomorrow (20th May 2022) via Useful Fictions / Wagram Music.
I Only Hope To Feel Love is the final single to be released from the album. Opening to beautifully punctuated guitar and shuffling percussion, the song glides into a hypnotic groove from the first lyric. This song shimmers with warmth, under which there is a humble longing note, accentuated by the repeated song line, ‘I only hope to feel love’, a mantra for a brighter future that’s worth clinging onto.
“I Only Hope To Feel Love is the final single from my new record ‘I Won’t Be Your Foe’ which was written and produced entirely during the CV19 pandemic – nothing new here as that’ll be the story for nearly every record released this year. What may be different is the resilience with which I chose to compose this record.
“In a season when all that surrounded me was colourless, I only had hope.
“Resolved to not exaggerate or highlight the discomfort of the past couple of years, I chose to reach in hope for love and optimism.
“It didn’t always work but, I reckon, it made a nice record.”
I Won’t Be Your Foe is out on 20th May 2022 via Useful Fictions / Wagram Music.