Pop/Americana artist Brian Mackeyโs new single โDust On The Wallโ is one of the most poignant songs Iโve ever heard. Itโs about how he dealt with the grief over his sonโs death by overdose. The song is a preview of Mackeyโs second full-length album Good Morning Ireland that drops on June 21.
โMy sonโs ashes were in the room where my piano was,โ says Mackey. โI would sit and play when I wanted to talk to him, which helped me work through the idea that he was gone.โ
Compared to Mackeyโs loss, most indie pop songs sound like a trivial recounting of a high school snub. โDust On The Wallโ is right up there with Jackson Browneโs songs about his first wifeโs suicide โ gripping and cathartic.
Because Mackeyโs music has the raw honesty of artists like Lewis Capaldi, his songs have been used frequently in TV and movies on networks including A&E, Lifetime and Travel Channel.
Watch the video for โDust On The Wallโ below, or find the song on the streaming platforms.
