“Where I’m Home” is one of two back-to-back single Aaron Bucks releases from the forthcoming The Life Sessions LP, and they’re both very laid back, falling under the terms: Flip Flop and Beach Country, neither of which I am familiar with until delving into Bucks and finding what groove he’s in, and it’s an enormously satisfying blend of Country and Yacht Rock. The plot thickens with the background of the Canadian born – Nashville, TN residing artist previously achieving Billboard status, as well as being the founder of The Toby Project. “Where I’m Home” gets all the attention here it deserves.
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The music of Aaron Bucks can best be described as Country relatable, but with an Island influence, and that is the best way to put “Where I’m Home” with a hyphenated genre, perhaps Island-Country would be appropriate, and while it’s not a genre or subgenre per say, it’s just not a hard thing to imagine calling it when you listen to this singer/songwriter. “Where I’m Home” is about getting back from the road to the place you work to everything you do it for, hoping it’s understood and appreciated by all that’s needed, and not just a fantasy the separation can make it seem like.
“Where I’m Home” has all the ingredients of a soft rock or smooth jazz radio hit, even though it’s Country, as some Country music of the last thirty years fits just as well on easy listening jazz and rock stations, and the music of Bucks has been featured on SiriusXM’s No Shoes Radio, so if the shoe fits it should be good for spins on such stations away from the FM dial. And at the end of the day, you either like Country or you don’t, and the same goes for any sub-categories attached to it.
But “Where I’m Home” and Aaron Bucks himself are another story, unless there’s a lot of other artists blending beach vibes with Country like this, and if so, Bucks would have to be a top-level consideration for it. I just haven’t heard anything quite like it, myself, so naturally I was intrigued to find out more about him and started with the previously released single from the same forthcoming album. As it turns out, this blend is written all over his music style and the songs live their own life because of it, to the credit of Bucks in every department.
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If you look up “Where I’m Home” by Aaron Bucks, you see the cover art has a Jeep parked on the beach with an enclosed campfire, and it describes everything you need to know about what’s behind the cover, as it perfectly complements the release, and the lyrics do the rest of the business on this relaxing but catchy acoustic tune. And at this point it’s safe to consider Aaron Bucks an acoustic singer/songwriter, with that Country meets Island vibe, so if you’re expecting the music to meet a different standard, it’s all in the same vein as “Where I’m Home,” and it’s all very good stuff.
Gwen Waggoner