CARLY ROGERS

                                                                      FT. ALLIE COLLEEN

                                                                "Blame It on the Wine"

                                                                Independent Release

With so much great new music coming out of Nashville in droves right now, what can a singer/songwriter or artist do to really help them stand out from the pack becomes the major question you have to ask?

For the ultra-talented Carly Rogers, the answer was quite simple; enlist your equally talented best friend for the job!

Rogers and Allie Colleen, best friends since their days together at the prestigious Belmont University, team up for “Blame It on the Wine,” a song that captures the uniqueness of both individual vocal performances while blasting out familiar emotions that we all feel when we find ourselves in that always tough spot when you’re not 100% sure if you should cross the friendship line and tell someone how you feel about them.

The softer acoustic driven opening through the intro allows the float on the breeze style wrapped into the instrumentation to perfectly carry the listener over the mood of the lyrics as Rogers slides into the first verse, taking on the anxiety fueled aspect as she’s trying to decide if it’s the right time to tell him while rehearsing the lines she wants to say and questioning if he’s feeling the same about her.  

Allie Colleen, meanwhile, wears confidence a little more on her sleeve in the second verse as she sings of wanting to tell him what’s been weighing on her mind, but then takes bold action to get the two of them alone when she sends her friend’s home – presumably from a bar – leaving her by herself and needing a ride.

The punch of the chorus elevates the song’s feel into rock/pop territory as it’s revealed that the breaking point has reached its height and it’s time to just go for it and let the chips fall where they may, but in a last-ditch protective effort around the heart, it’s also revealed in the hook that if the feeling isn’t reciprocated then the wine they’ve been sipping on can take the blame for their actions.

While this song easily connects with their core twenty-something demographic, what really makes the songwriting stand out most for me is the twist that’s injected into the line just before the final chorus, which sees one phrase shift changing the entire dynamic of the lyric, moving it from “can just blame it on the wine” to “I don’t want to blame it on the wine,” eliminating any doubt of how she’s feeling about him and where she wants this whole thing to go once it’s finally revealed.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

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