Stephanie Brownlee- Good Friend/ Girlfriend: Singles Reviews

Steph Brownlee’s latest single, ‘Good Friend/ Girlfriend’-  the follow-up to hit ‘Keep it Real’ opens with a nice, clean rock and roll guitar; thick and catchy. Brownlee’s Taylor Swift-style sweet but sharp vocals come in with a pleasing tale of the confusion of modern relationships; the fine line between friend and lover.

There is an only faintly country twang in the chorus and Brownlee keeps the country cadence to her vocals, but doesn’t revel in hillbilly accent. “Not going down a dead end where nothing’s happening” she sings, and the whole few minutes is immensely likeable, even if having been done time and time again of late. It’s a much stronger track than ‘Keep It Real’ and immensely more catchy.

Good Friend/ Girlfriend

The pop remix is substantially faster, with none of the guitar fire and a tinny drumbeat. It’s catchy, but pop in all essence and substance, through and through which, though not a bad thing by any means, doesn’t work as well for Brownlee’s sound: it sounds better as a country-rock track. But either way: it’ll certainly have you singin’ along.