Anna Rose Finds the Dignity and Beauty in Human Flaws on “Broken is Beautiful”

AnnaRose_BrokenIsBeautiful1_crop — Anna Rose “Born is Beautiful” cover art (cropped)

The descending, spidery melodic figure in the beginning of Anna Rose’s “Broken is Beautiful” feels like the musical connecting tissue between the more fiery passages of the song. Rose herself transitions seemingly effortlessly between the introspective and the impassioned and bold. The contrasting moods and modes serve well a song about the recognition of the imperfection and frailty in human life and the complexity of everyone’s psyche. She sings about how some of the strongest people are those who know they’re fractured and even broken who yet continue to struggle and strive to have as good a life as possible and maybe help others to do so as well. Rose gives voice to the struggle with inner demons and the negative patterns of thought that can haunt you when anxiety strikes and the resultant worries about being exposed as a human who can get stretched then and whose emotional and psychological reservoirs are not endless. The delicate and the triumphant aspects of the song both celebrates and commiserates with those broad sweeps of the human experience. The single comes from Rose’s new album The Light Between, which is what she seems to find on “Broken is Beautiful” – that is to say she draws out and draws attention to the bright side of what might otherwise be considered flaws and weaknesses and finds the beauty in what makes us mortal and human. Listen to the song on “Soundcloud” and follow Anna Rose at the links provided.