What’s the best revenge after a messy break up? Sure you can go all Angela Bassett on their ass, stuffing their car with any belongings they left behind and torch it. If you don’t know the Waiting To Exhale reference, you have other things you should be doing than reading this post.
Or you could save time and money on trials, attorney’s fees and worse, the cost of gas lately, by putting your energy into a stellar pop album full of relationship drama and self-reflection like Rachel Bochner. After the destruction of Rachel’s relationship, all that remains are her memories and I Guess A Sure Thing Couldn’t Go Down Gently.
The album is relatable to anyone who’s hearts been broken, even if you’re the person who caused the pain. I like how Rachel’s taken responsibility (“Say That You Don’t and “Devil”), sings of the repercussions (“Furniture” and “By The Roxy”) and her growth and hope for better things to come (“Happier You’re Gone” and “Gentle”).
I Guess A Sure Thing Couldn’t Go Down Gently is about the dissolution of a relationship but also an album of self discovery and rebuilding oneself up. “Collar” and “By Omission” hint at seeing the world more through rainbow colored glasses towards a brighter future, which is a fabulous thing, in my gay opinion.
