Cort Carpenter - All In

4.2

Rating

4.2/5

Flyctory.com Pros

Good songs
Very fluent, pleasing listen

Flyctory.com Cons

No special / outstanding songs

Even though Cort Carpenter has already released roughly fifty songs, the album All In is in fact his debut one. I was curious about it and had a chance to listen before its release on 10th February 2023. Here are my thoughts.

Cort Carpenter – About The Artist

Cort Carpenter is a 36 year old artist, born in Washington State. He is releasing music since 2012 and already had some EP releases like Thoase Nights These Days (2013), On Deck (2014) or Changing Lanes (2016). His most successful songs, however, have been recently. His most popular listen is Me and the Moon (2021, 1.1m Spotify streams), but also the 2022 Somebody Tonight, which is featured in All In, had almost half a million listens on the streaming platform since its release in September 2022.

Cort Carpenter – All In – Track by Track

The ten song album lasts 32 minutes.

1. Dangerous

The first three minutes of the album belong to the track Dangerous. A song with a nice vibe. Cort Carpenter comes with a nice and warm voice, the backing guitars lead to the necessary power. Good opener.

2. Takes Its Time

The first notes of Takes Its Time feel very similar to the first track to me. Luckily, the second track develops its own style. A bit of mainstream, but this rather straight modern country is a good listen.

3. Missing A Girl

Despite this song has not (yet?) been chosen as a single release, it one of the best listens of All In to me. A nice arrangement with a melodic pre-chorus and a catching key phrase. Just gentle enough to be emotional – and sufficiently rhythmic that the song can make you move. Good one!

4. Raise One Up

Raise One Up starts with a darker, also more traditionally feeling country music style. I feel that this very groovy song is a nice contrast to the first three listen. To me, this song is another really deep experience.

5. Fade

Fade has a lot of elements, which would make it work perfectly on North American country radio. Thus, I am sure that it is also a nice fit to some playlists on the other side of the big blue water. Nice arrangement towards the chorus.

6. Get To The Bottom Of This

The sixth song is a bit slower. It does have some nice guitar presence, but overall it is not as present as other songs in here. The heart of the song is definitely the chorus, again.

7. Somebody Tonight

Compared to modern airplay-aiming country songs, Cort Carpenter tracks feel rather long. His most successful one of this album so far, Somebody Tonight, is, however, one of two tracks shorter than three minutes. I feel it is one of the best listens of this release. Very present, catching elements and nicely working with different layers of music.

8. Used To

The shortest song of the album is following right thereafter. The banjo-alike background is distracting me a bit too much from the vocals. Overall, I feel that the melodic arrangement is not working out too well. Nonetheless, a nice one.

9. See That Girl

The second last song is a typical modern country music track. Good write and nice storytelling. Overall, it does create a special or outstanding listen, but it is a song which gives you a good mood and definitely does not make you think about the skip button.

10. Music To My Tears

The album closes with a beautiful ballad. Take this one straight to your romantic songs list. Cort Carpenter just does great – love it!

Cort Carpenter – All In – Spotify

Here is the album on Spotify:

Cort Carpenter – All In – My View

All In is a good album. You might miss some special moments in here – but you won’t be disappointed as well.The album showcases the good talent of Cort Carpenter and allows us to have a certain showcase of his music. Definitely worth listening.

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Sophie B. Hawkins – Free Myself

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Sophia – Niemals Allein

Technically, I had already closed the list of potential reviews as of 24th March 2023. But then came Sophia and ...

Leony – Somewhere in Between

Leony is one of the most interesting emerging artists in the German pop music market. She is currently part of ...

Night Demon – Outsider

The press kit to their new album Outsider calls Night Demon an "institution". At least the Californian heavy metal band grew a ...

Stephen Jay – understatement

Suprise, but no surprise? Stephen Jay already stated that his new album understatement is almost ready around the Dusseldorf show ...

Timesbold – Not Still Here

Timesbold is not really a band, but rather an on-and-off project by a folk musician from Brooklyn, who is nowadays ...

Ailbhe Reddy – Endless Affair

The Irish singer-songwrite Ailbhe Reddy is releasing her sophomore album Endless Affair. I already had some time to review it before its ...

Bad Bones – Hasta El Final!

Nice to have some Italian music on Flyctory.com again. I received the album Hasta El Final! by the Bad Bones ...

John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy

They recorded songs like Bling Bling Marilyn or Drip Drip Baby - and I simply love them. I ran into John Diva & ...

Ripe – Bright Blues

Bright Blues by the US band Ripe was one of these albums I received without knowing anything about the artists - ...

Ane Brun – Portrayals

Ane Brun is on stage for just over 20 years now. Due to her stage anniversary, she releases the album Portayals ...

The Nude Party – Rides On

The third album by The Nude Party: on 10th March 2023, the US-American band releases Ride On. I already had ...

Brian Falduto – Gay Country

I continue struggling that Spotify has an own tag for Queer Country music. Is country music really different if it is sung ...

Mael & Jonas – Rocket Science

On 10th February 2023, I ran into the single release All my Songs by the German duo Mael & Jonas (in fact, ...

Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die

Suicide Silence are definitely one of the most successful deathcore bands in the world. The quintet of the Californian band ...

Wolfgang Petry – Stark wie wir

Wolfgang Petry is back: just about one and a half years after Auf das Leben and half a year after Crosswalk to ...

Lina – 24/1

After I have been quite impressed by her recent development, I was quite curious about 24-1, the new album by German ...

Drayton Farley- Twenty on High

Drayton Farley's third album - the US artist and songwriter released a set of eleven songs on 3rd March 2023 ...

AnnenMayKantereit – Es ist Abend und wir sitzen bei mir

They started as a school band in my home town and gained global reputation: AnnenMayKantereit released their fourth album Es ist ...

Helge Schneider – Torero

He is having the unofficial nickname The singing Gentleman's Cake and had a huge song about a cat's toilet - Helge Schneider ...

Endlevel – Weekend War

Endlevel are a German band, who mix thrash and death metal elements. On 24th February 2023, they released a new ...

Steel Panther – On The Prowl

Their last album was simply called Heavy Metal Rules - now Steel Panther is back with a new album. On 24th February ...

OH FYO! – Level 3: Discovery

The music of OH FYO! is described as a mixture of pop and hip hop elements. I received their album Level ...

Dierks Bentley – Gravel & Gold

No doubt: Dierks Bentley is one of the most famous artists in country music business. Thus, a new album release ...

Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit

Medieval hard rock, Gothic, dance music? Tanzwut is definitely one of these bands in the German music scene, which are ...

Lucero – Should’ve Learned by Now

Another Lucero review: some one year ago, I fell in love with When You Found Me by the Memphis-origin band, which ...

Drew Sycamore – Superfaith

Drew Sycamore's biggest hit so far is I Wanna Be Dancing. Her latest release, Superfaith is also a dancefloor pop set. Maybe ...

Those Damn Crows – Inhale/Exhale

Inhale/Exhale is already the third album by the British band Those Damn Crows. As their latest major release has been quite ...

Jaimee Harris – Boomerang Town

Not sure if that is pure self-marketing, but Jaimee Harris names herself "The Next Queen of Americana-Folk". While her career ...

P!nk – Trustfall

It is almost four years ago, since I had the last P!nk review on Flyctory.com. In 2019, I had mixed ...

Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line

During the preparations for the releases as of 17th February 2023, the album The Vivian Lane by Ron Sexsmith definitely ...

Malte Vief und Malte Viefs Kammer – Kammer III

I can't really you explain you my sympathy... But I ran into Kammer III, the latest album by Malte Vief ...

Tennis – Pollen

Let's talk about Tennis! Not the racket sports, but a band, which is named exactly the same way. Quite an ...

You Me At Six – Truth Decay

You Me At Six regularly deliver good rock albums. Truth Decay, which has been released on 10th February 2023, is already the ...

The Legendary – Warlord

An album with a bunny - how could I not give a review of Warlord, the album by the stoner rock band ...

Simone Kopmajer – With Love

I definitely do not focus on jazz, but with albums like This Life by Curtis Stigers, which as even been ...

Chase Rice – I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell

After I presented you the EP The Album Part II in May 2020, this one is the first full album release by ...

Ian Fisher – Burnt Tongue

Ian Fisher is truly a musician who is somewhere between both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He grew up on ...

Donots – Heut ist ein guter Tag

The Donots have steadily grown and became an established part of the German rock music scene. They also had quite ...

Ricochets – Closer to the Light

A rock band from Norway which is releasing their first album after 17 years... That's about the story when I ...

The Rehats – Heart & Mind

Time to present you some music from Germany this weekend: The Rehats are doing folk-pop and already exist since over ...

Shania Twain – Queen of Me

Shania Twain is one of these artists, where I feel that writing an About The Artist section feels like an insult ...

Eamonn McCormack – Eamonn McCormack

The first album release by the Irish artist Eamonn McCormack is already dates as of 1994. Nonetheless, his self-titled 2023 ...

Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame

The story of the album The Candle and the Flame is really dramatic and touching. Australian artist Robert Forster recorded the nine ...

Dark Sarah – Attack of Orym

Some metal from Scandinavia: the Finnish band Dark Sarah releases their fifth album Attack of Orym on 27th January 2023. After ...

IUMA – Genug EP

I felt that genug, the debut EP by German singer IUMA, is a nice addition to the release reviews as of ...

Umme Block – State Of Limbo

Despite the project name sounds rather Ruhrgebiet-alike, Umme Block are an electronic pop duo from Munich. The German artists release ...

Pristine – The Lines We Cross

Despite Tromso is just having some 40,000 inhabitants, the city is quite well known as a touristic hotspot in Northern ...

Vic Allen – Some Place I’d Rather Be

Sometimes, I just have to say that I am proud of someone. Like I am proud of Vic Allen: the ...

Joe Henry – All The Eye Can See

"Dear friends, Greetings from the mid Coast of Maine, where the bracing autumn chill..." - these are the first words ...

Mono Inc. – Ravenblack

Despite the band is "just" existing since 2000, Ravenblack is already the twelfth studio album by the German dark rock band Mono ...

Siv Jakobsen – Gardening

Norwegian artist Siv Jakobsen releases her fourth studio album on 20th January 2023. Gardening contains just some new and some previously released ...