Brent Puls

It's no revelation that sometimes things don't turn out the way you plan them, but one of the hardest parts of growing up is realizing that you're not where your younger self imagined you as an adult. It's that struggle to balance who you wanted to be with whom you are that drives Brent Puls' latest release, the lushly layered folk pop gem West of the Lake. The Chicago-born and raised Puls is a master of simple lyrical sentiment that feels at once uncomfortably intimate and broad enough to touch the life of every listener.