BRIAN KELLEY - Trucks, Ducks, Bucks, & Beer- Big Machine Records

With a storied history as one half of Florida-Georgia Line, Diamond-selling superstar Brian Kelley has diligently spent the past year redefining who he is as an individual songwriter and artist, making his forthcoming debut full-length one of the most anticipated.

While “See You Next Summer” earned him chart success and continued to highlight the laid-back feel of his Sunshine State of Mind passion project, the overall vibe that he’s been carrying holds a clear focus of getting back to what matters most and appreciating the simple things like we’ve heard on “Dirt Cheap” and country boy anthem, “How We’re Livin.”

With a recognized appreciation of all things outdoors, he now delivers “Trucks, Ducks, Bucks, & Beer.”

Tapping into the fresh, feel-good vibes that have become his signature, he surrounds his richly honest vocals with a modern country combination of sonic styles that borrows plenty from the neo-traditional 2010’s as he takes us on a southern road trip through the map dot layers that make this part of the country all that it is.

“There’s a pine tree stand down in Alabama just waitin’ on winter,” instantly attracts the outdoor enthusiasts as he continues to paint the outdoorsmen picture through the opening verse, telling of the boys in the blind hunting in South Louisiana and those in the boat on the Carolina Coast battling a fish on the line before providing a snapshot of he himself when he sings,  “There's a tailgate dropped with a cold Shiner Bock, I know 'cause that one's mine.”

Striking the relatable chorus with lines that will no doubt earn him respectable cheers at shows from the camo outfitted crowds he’ll connect to, he raises a cold one salute to the country boy lifestyle:

“Talkin' 'bout trucks, ducks, bucks, and beer

Fishin' when it ain't that time of year

Yeah, we keep it rods and reel 'round here

It's all Jon Boats and John Deeres

We like our songs with a steel and a banjo

Spend our checks on camo and ammo

And Redneck 35s, longneck Friday nights

Love livin' life in the country where there's

Trucks, ducks, bucks, and beers

You know what I'm talkin' 'bout

Trucks, ducks, bucks, and beer”

Continuing to brush a picture of the southern way of life, he overviews small town farming ideals throughout the second verse with mentions of a feed store selling corn, churches packing on Sunday, and driving past all the ponds while always wondering what fish are in them.

With each new song that Brian Kelley releases, he’s accentuating who he is while providing definition to the lifestyle he loves, connecting heart to heart with a fan base of like-minded individuals as he forges his own path with a mud-covered boot that’s stamping out the story of his next chapter.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis/Artwork c/o Big Machine Records)

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