Review: Brock Davis cherishes life’s fleeting nature with new album, ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’
Davis delivers.
“Nothing lasts forever, and thank God for that,” sings Brock Davis in the title track to his new album. Nothing Lasts Forever captures the fleeting nature of human existence. The good, the bad, and the in-between are merely sands in an hourglass. Each moment whisks by our eyelids before vanishing in our rearview window. Memories and stories are all we have when we leave this world.
Davis cherishes that fact with an album that ebbs and flows with life’s flickering glow. “I could see us hanging on for 10 more years, and we’d say it’s for the sake of the kids. Once they’re gone, and there’s nothing left, and we’re too old to start again,” Davis sighs with an album essential, “I’m Glad You Left.” That heaviness leaves bruises on his skin, lingering reminders of that fractured revelation.
Davis’ knack for genuine, slice-of-life storytelling shines through on songs like “Miracle on the Hudson” and “Til the Morning Comes,” overexposed polaroids that we collect and savor for our old age. “Everything changes. If times are hard, it can’t change fast enough. If times are good, we try to hang on as tight as we can, but they pass just the same,” Davis says in press materials. He sings with blinding clarity, as he extracts pieces of wisdom and rearranges them into a stunning mosaic. His voice, tangy and packed full of gravel, transmits his understanding of the world with hand-drawn and homegrown landscapes.
The album barrels through honest-to-god stories until the very end. “A Daughter,” a spoken word tale about the expansion of a family tree, perfectly bookends the 14-track collection. Nothing Lasts Forever emerges as a time capsule—the moments we’ve seemingly forgotten about on full display. Brock Davis has worked magic on the record that just might be 2026’s most delightful surprise. “I loved every single thing about you, and I broke your heart when I let you go,” whispers Davis in “Nowhere Near Ready,” perhaps the best song of his career. He bares his soul with brutal bravery, as he forages around his life for trinkets and torn photographs for stories worth telling.
Nothing Lasts Forever feels like the apex of Davis’ work to date. It’s sharpened on what it means to really live. All the pain, heartache, hope, and redemption he’s earned come flowing from his fingertips. It’s hard to imagine it gets much better than this.
Brock Davis drops Nothing Lasts Forever on February 27.
