Staci Gruber Boston’s own roots rock singer-songwriter offers a country-tinged Americana single “This Time Around,” that is lived-in, road-worn and real. Cut in Nashville, the song is a tale of love that burned too hotly and truth that came too late, along with a heart finally learning to listen.
Penned by Gruber with Michael Orland and produced by Erik Halbig, the song comes rooted in classic Americana storytelling while still breaking into a modern emotional clarity. “This Time Around” does not wallow in bitterness, it stands in its aftermath looking straight at the lessons love leaves behind.
“This Time Around” is not a vow of never loving again, so much as it is a promise to love smarter, with open eyes. Gruber shows that occasionally it is not a story about starting over that will empower, but one about finally hearing what was right in front of us all along.
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