music in minnesota reviews “let it stay.”
Right from the first note of Let It Stay, there’s a timid softness and ease into Brianna Kočka’s new album. Self-produced and primarily recorded at home with engineer and partner Justin Muffett, the album is collection of tracks that ask questions about attachment, love, loss, and a sense of foreboding joy in an uncertain world.
- Tom Smouse, Music in Minnesota
americana uk premiers “sunset vignette.”
“…Images of waves in slow motion, idyllic rural lives, landscapes and sunsets create a world to drift away in, matching the gentle sway and beauty of the music. Kočka’s vocal is delicate and vulnerable and there is a subtlety in the songcraft and melody that feels utterly absorbing.”
- Andrew Frolish, Americana UK
americana uk features “seasons” in their online magazine.
Floating in on a breathless vocal, and a simple statement “all I really need are these seasons of loving you“, this new song by Brianna Kočka has a dreamy Nick Drake feel to it. It’s taken from the Minnesotan singer-songwriter’s latest recording ‘Let it Stay‘, which is released on May 14th.
- Jonathan Aird, Americana UK
“Seasons” music video featured on the Mostly MN Music Blog.
Watching the video reminds me of picnics with my grandparents. And it reminds of me the seasons, not of the year, but of a life. Or as the lyrics go – the seasons of loving you. Both the music and the video are wistful and yearning. There’s a sadness to the song but the sadness of loss that underlies a rich history of joy.
- Ann Treacy, Mostly MN Music
Reviler Magazine features “Seasons” music video.
“Seasons” … is a lovely elegant folk tune infused with gentle saxophone notes. The single bodes well for the rest of Kočka’s work which I cannot wait to hear.
- John Behm, Reviler
vents magazine interviews brianna about upcoming release, “let it stay.”
“The blushingly personal songwriter and Zoo Animal guitarist adds a lightly jazzy tinge and deep-breath escapism to her elegant new EP, part Valerie June and part ‘Court and Spark.’”
Mostly mn music interviews brianna kocka ahead of her newest release, “let it stay.”
Brianna Kočka’s upcoming release, Let It Stay, is a lesson in holding tight to what really matters. Starting with creating music that makes you happy, even or maybe because, it defies genre and time.
-Ann Treacy and Heather Baker, Mostly MN Music
“Brianna Kočka plans ‘chill night’ at La Crosse’s Root Note,” by Randy Erickson, La Crosse Tribune.
“I was like, ‘Well, this is a thing I need to see through,’” she said. “The plan was to just write the songs and let them be. What I really wanted to do was get back to the heart of why I wanted to write songs to begin with. It felt good to get back into the heart of it, not make it just be about the industry.”
Brianna Kočka single “wild child” featured on b-sides & Badlands blog.
“Brianna Kočka wraps us tightly in a fuzzy fleece of Americana with “Wild Child,” off her new album Dreamlife. “I miss being a wild child / I miss feeling bright and new,” she sings, an aching longing seeping into her vocal. She’s world-weary but manages to pull herself through the dirt to deliver a punch, a triumphant act despite the sorrow tearing at her bones. “If I’m being honest, I miss you, too,” she later confesses. The soft glow of acoustic guitar bounces off the shards of glass of lonesomeness in the aftermath of a rather tragic breakup.”