Published by Mason Oldridge, 2 April 2024
The American TikTok star who was discovered and signed by Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds releases his debut album after the immense success of Beautiful Things.
Boone carries his strong voice throughout the record with impressive vocals, balancing guitar, drums and piano.
The standout is, of course, lead single Beautiful Things. The first verse builds up slowly to the outburst of energy on the chorus as Boone begs God to not take the beautiful things in his life. Be Someone is a fun opener leading on from the intro and follow-up single Slow It Down utilises playful keys on this piano-led track whereas Forever and a Day is a beautiful ballad that grows to a magical ending. My Greatest Fear features acoustic guitar, Hello Love incorporates strings and Love Of Mine is truly chilling. Unfortunately, there are no other songs as heavy as Beautiful Things… until closing track What Do You Want. Boone belts out the chorus over distorted guitar and pounding drums to close the album on a high.
With a birth name already sounding like a stage name and his own sound channelled through this release with no bad songs, Boone’s debut is a glorious start to a promising career.
8/10