ADAM DOLEAC

                                                               "Close That Tab" 

                                                                Arista Nashville

With his ambitious, 18-song debut album, Barstool Whiskey Wonderland, releasing just about a month from now (September 30, 2022), hot rising country music sensation Adam Doleac has been expertly laying the buzzworthy foundations ahead of the release since bursting out in big ways when he first teased it with “Somewhere Cool With You.”

He’s since followed with the ultra-catchy “Drinkin’ It Wrong,” the softer paced heart-swooning “Girl in Love,” and now returns with “Close That Tab” to offer one final tease ahead of the album’s official release.

Written by Doleac, Zach Abend, and Derrick Southerland, “Close That Tab” gives us another tempo driven tune that is so irresistibly catchy you can’t help but bop along with it the minute that it kicks in and Doleac wraps his rich vocal into the opening verse, singing of his dismay of seeing a girl he’s sweet on back at the bar with the same guy that’s broke her heart over and over again.

Doleac then takes us through amazingly written lines in each of the verses that offer comparatives between alcohol and the typical bar lingo with that of the guy in question that she’s still wasting her time with:

Observing that: “You keep ordering history on repeat.”

Knowing she’s only hurting herself: “Running up a charge your heart can’t afford.”

Telling her: “Cut him off, kick him out like its closing time, go ahead tell him that he’s banned for life.”

Doleac then uses the chorus to put his heart out on the line as he boldly challenges her to give him a shot (pun intended):

“You better close that tab, close that tab

He ain’t pouring nothing but a heartache in your glass

Shut it down, send it back

Why you wanna spend another happy hour sad

Everybody and your momma told ya

He’ s a watered-down vodka soda

So, sign that line, drop his ass

Yeah, baby close that tab

And start one with me.”

Adam Doleac becomes the voice for the shy, good guy by giving us a lyric that speaks directly to a tough situation that they face week in and week out of having to watch someone they’d give the world to, chose the heartbreaker instead. But by flipping the script to one of confidence, he also gives the checkmark, score one to the good guy.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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