Following his 2023 debut LP I Think of You, Kerry Charles returns with It’ll Be Over Soon, a mellower, more meditative collection of songs steeped in the sounds of ‘70s jazz fusion, disco, and neo soul. While I Think of You recalled the romantic fantasies and fumblings of a man in his early twenties, It’ll Be Over Soon dwells in the quiet complaints and regrets of a man in his mid-thirties. It’s a record about the slow, surreal horror of aging—and the vices and devices we cling to as our bodies, both physical and spiritual, begin to fray.
It’ll Be Over Soon is set to be released on August 15 via Grind Select, and the smooth funk of the title track is our latest preview of the anticipated LP. On the latest single, Charles introduces himself as a soul revivalist unafraid to break the same traditions he is trying to honor to craft a jazz-tinted sound he can call his own. “It’ll Be Over Soon” is an emotionally complex and sonically calming listen, with Charles using the warping, jazz-tinted arrangement as a canvas for his vulnerable poetry. Charles explores the pitfalls of aging and learning to accept that the sands of time continue to fall to the bottom of the hourglass, and all we can do is attempt to add more sand to the top. The artist spins this bleak picture into a stunning portrait of despair and acceptance, giving “It’ll Be Over Soon” its enticing sonic and moral conflict. With a new album on the horizon and a single that begins to peel back layers of Charles’s mystique through intoxicating soul, the artist appears to be heading for a landmark release this August.
