Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee - I’ve Been In Trouble Before

Chicago singer-songwriter Benedict Valentine Badynee, aka CBVB, describes “I’ve Been In Trouble Before” as a meditation on lying, and that feels exactly right. The song moves with the soft unease of someone circling a confession, not quite ready to make it.

Mastered by Warren Defever of His Name Is Alive, “I’ve Been In Trouble Before” has an old-school glow without sounding stuck in the past. Its slow-burn psych-pop mood feels melancholic and pensive, yet never hopeless, carried by CBVB’s warm, smooth vocals and a chill, slightly reluctant groove.

There is a sadness here, but also a quiet touch of optimism, as if trouble is not only something to regret, but something to survive.

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