For Heart Failure Research Unit, grief is the cornerstone of his most emotionally potent work to date. The new single, “Nobody Knows,” from the album “It Took A While to Get Where We Were Going,” has the kind of raw ache and quiet courage that come in the wake of significant loss.
Bare instrumentation and a voice trembling with humanity, “Nobody Knows” goes for truth. The lyrics follow the early shivers of grief, the slow drift through it, and then your eyes adjusting to light once more. There’s a stillness in the performance, a maturity that feels hard-won rather than optimistic.
With 11 albums under his belt, Heart Failure Research Unit is a veteran singer-songwriter who doesn’t take this tune as a cry for help so much as an ode to staying alive. “Nobody Knows“ is a song that doesn’t offer solutions, but does provide company in times of hurt. It’s a reminder to you that grief is one stage in a process toward healing.
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