Fritz Kahn and The Miracles' latest track, "Love Knows," would fall into the latter category, a heart-to-sleeve wistful yearner, as the singer-songwriter reflects in whispered tones of the most elusive of truths, freedom, and the most enduring of virtues, love. "Love Knows" doesn't offer easy answers, but it does offer this: love still lights the way when all else is crumbling.
The gloomiest and most engaging thing about "Love Knows," for all its gauze, is the bittersweet revelation that we should never take freedom for granted because it's not guaranteed but flits into and out of our lives, as if less a thing than a breeze. At a time when so much feels uncertain and heavy, that message seems to strike with eerie relevance. But what might have been a song of despair instead becomes a battle cry.
The production is deep but not overbearing, with a rich mixture of organic textures and open-sounding instruments that leave the song's message dwelling well after the final note. This notion is comforting, and Fritz Kahn and The Miracles bring it to life in precisely the lyrical register it calls for. The words leave scope for interpretation but are low and emotionally compressed, weary, wise, and, finally, gently hopeful.
"Love Knows" envelops you like a serenade of comforter-in-chief in a sweet storm of thoughtful, introspective sound that feels as timeless as the song's sentiment. It doesn't bellow; it mumbles, giving you something richer than melody and rhythm. It's a delicate, precisely balanced arrangement: Every musical choice seems to have been made carefully, giving the heavy lyrics room to breathe without submerging. Whether you're listening to it for the first or tenth time, this anthem is a friend, a comfort, a compass. Fritz Kahn and The Miracles offer something rare, timely, timeless, fleeting, and foundational, just like freedom.
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