Weekends Look A Little Different These Days

The weekends look a little different to Brett Young because hes growing older and getting a little bit slower, preferring to putter around at home instead of shutting down bars. Its a fitting sentiment for a singer who just turned 40, so no wonder he not only wrote a song about it, he wrote eight others with a similar subdued, sunny vibe. Young isnt afraid of stepping into sticky sentiment -- Lady offers a design for life for his newborn daughter, one that boils down to copying her mothers every move -- and even when hes telling an ex to Leave Me Alone, he does it with a smile and a bubbly beat. That cheerfulness has mellowed from his earlier recordings but as this mini-LP was also produced by Dann Huff, Weekends Look a Little Different These Days sounds similar to what Young has sung before. Although hell try on a new style or two, hes not one for fashion, hes happy cruising in the middle of the road singing songs to fellow contented travelers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine