Electric Love
Brother Wallace
Electric Love is the debut album from Brother Wallace, a singer, pianist, and soul revivalist raised in West Point, Georgia, released on May 8, 2026 via ATO Records. The record draws deeply from gospel roots and classic soul lineage — Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Southern soul icon Johnnie Taylor among its primary touchstones — while refusing to simply dwell in nostalgia. Wallace, who began playing piano in church at age 11 and spent years as a K-12 music teacher before this breakthrough, brings a hard-earned emotional authority to the 13-track set. It was produced and co-written alongside Dan Taylor of British rock band The Heavy, and recorded at Peter Gabriel's legendary Real World Studios in England, with engineering and mixing handled by Bob Mackenzie and Jim Abbiss, whose credits span James Blake and Adele.
Sonically, the album crackles with live-wire energy — ecstatic horn blasts, sweat-drenched piano grooves, and a voice that MOJO describes as blending Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor. It moves fluidly between floor-filling up-tempo soul and more intimate, late-night ballads, yet never loses its communal spirit. Glide Magazine called it "the debut album most artists dream of creating… a risk-loving, spiritual guide in contemporary music." Highlights include the Motown-inflected title track, the propulsive "You're The Man," and the sprawling "No God In This Town," the album's longest and most adventurous cut. As one reviewer put it, Wallace writes in "lived-in scenes and hard-earned feeling: heartbreak without defeat, joy without naïveté, vulnerability without apology" — making Electric Love feel less like a debut and more like an arrival.
Electric Love is the debut album from Brother Wallace, a singer, pianist, and soul revivalist raised in West Point, Georgia, released on May 8, 2026 via ATO Records. The record draws deeply from gospel roots and classic soul lineage — Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Southern soul icon Johnnie Taylor among its primary touchstones — while refusing to simply dwell in nostalgia. Wallace, who began playing piano in church at age 11 and spent years as a K-12 music teacher before this breakthrough, brings a hard-earned emotional authority to the 13-track set. It was produced and co-written alongside Dan Taylor of British rock band The Heavy, and recorded at Peter Gabriel's legendary Real World Studios in England, with engineering and mixing handled by Bob Mackenzie and Jim Abbiss, whose credits span James Blake and Adele.
Sonically, the album crackles with live-wire energy — ecstatic horn blasts, sweat-drenched piano grooves, and a voice that MOJO describes as blending Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor. It moves fluidly between floor-filling up-tempo soul and more intimate, late-night ballads, yet never loses its communal spirit. Glide Magazine called it "the debut album most artists dream of creating… a risk-loving, spiritual guide in contemporary music." Highlights include the Motown-inflected title track, the propulsive "You're The Man," and the sprawling "No God In This Town," the album's longest and most adventurous cut. As one reviewer put it, Wallace writes in "lived-in scenes and hard-earned feeling: heartbreak without defeat, joy without naïveté, vulnerability without apology" — making Electric Love feel less like a debut and more like an arrival.
Electric Love
Brother Wallace
Electric Love is the debut album from Brother Wallace, a singer, pianist, and soul revivalist raised in West Point, Georgia, released on May 8, 2026 via ATO Records. The record draws deeply from gospel roots and classic soul lineage — Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Southern soul icon Johnnie Taylor among its primary touchstones — while refusing to simply dwell in nostalgia. Wallace, who began playing piano in church at age 11 and spent years as a K-12 music teacher before this breakthrough, brings a hard-earned emotional authority to the 13-track set. It was produced and co-written alongside Dan Taylor of British rock band The Heavy, and recorded at Peter Gabriel's legendary Real World Studios in England, with engineering and mixing handled by Bob Mackenzie and Jim Abbiss, whose credits span James Blake and Adele.
Sonically, the album crackles with live-wire energy — ecstatic horn blasts, sweat-drenched piano grooves, and a voice that MOJO describes as blending Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor. It moves fluidly between floor-filling up-tempo soul and more intimate, late-night ballads, yet never loses its communal spirit. Glide Magazine called it "the debut album most artists dream of creating… a risk-loving, spiritual guide in contemporary music." Highlights include the Motown-inflected title track, the propulsive "You're The Man," and the sprawling "No God In This Town," the album's longest and most adventurous cut. As one reviewer put it, Wallace writes in "lived-in scenes and hard-earned feeling: heartbreak without defeat, joy without naïveté, vulnerability without apology" — making Electric Love feel less like a debut and more like an arrival.
Electric Love is the debut album from Brother Wallace, a singer, pianist, and soul revivalist raised in West Point, Georgia, released on May 8, 2026 via ATO Records. The record draws deeply from gospel roots and classic soul lineage — Sam Cooke, Little Richard, and Southern soul icon Johnnie Taylor among its primary touchstones — while refusing to simply dwell in nostalgia. Wallace, who began playing piano in church at age 11 and spent years as a K-12 music teacher before this breakthrough, brings a hard-earned emotional authority to the 13-track set. It was produced and co-written alongside Dan Taylor of British rock band The Heavy, and recorded at Peter Gabriel's legendary Real World Studios in England, with engineering and mixing handled by Bob Mackenzie and Jim Abbiss, whose credits span James Blake and Adele.
Sonically, the album crackles with live-wire energy — ecstatic horn blasts, sweat-drenched piano grooves, and a voice that MOJO describes as blending Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor. It moves fluidly between floor-filling up-tempo soul and more intimate, late-night ballads, yet never loses its communal spirit. Glide Magazine called it "the debut album most artists dream of creating… a risk-loving, spiritual guide in contemporary music." Highlights include the Motown-inflected title track, the propulsive "You're The Man," and the sprawling "No God In This Town," the album's longest and most adventurous cut. As one reviewer put it, Wallace writes in "lived-in scenes and hard-earned feeling: heartbreak without defeat, joy without naïveté, vulnerability without apology" — making Electric Love feel less like a debut and more like an arrival.