Some feelings are easier to put into a song than say out loud, and that tension runs through Isaiah Angel Hubbird‘s Summer Daze.
The latest EP from the Chicago-born, Indiana-based singer-songwriter traces a summer romance through admiration, uncertainty and the awkwardness of finally admitting what you feel.
The story began with another musician. Hubbird found himself falling for someone who shared his relationship with music, with conversations about songs and late-night thoughts gradually turning into material of their own.
Across Summer Daze, he moves between wanting to make her smile, finding a sense of home in another person and accepting that some feelings may be better expressed through a song than a confession.
That makes the EP’s restraint one of its better qualities. Hubbird doesn’t turn the story into a straightforward romance. Instead, the songs sit in that uncomfortable space between hope and doubt, where saying how you feel can be just as frightening as keeping it to yourself.
The acoustic arrangements and intimate vocals leave plenty of room for the uncertainty at the center of the songs, particularly when affection and fear start pulling in opposite directions.
Rae Lynne joins him on the project, marking Hubbird’s first collaboration with another vocalist in some time. He had been looking for a female voice to complete the record, and Lynne’s contribution proved to be the right fit.
“Some feelings are too big for words. That’s why we write songs,” Hubbird says.
After beginning his musical life in metalcore and later moving toward acoustic songwriting, Hubbird has spent years turning personal experiences into songs that leave space for listeners to find their own meaning.
Summer Daze is perhaps his most direct version of that approach: a love letter, but one comfortable enough to remain unfinished.
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