Love, BB emerged from the velvet murk of Brooklyn speakeasy gigs circa 2012, a trio serenading candlelit tables where nobody was listening. Brooke Backman sang, Michael Leviton played guitar, Matt Bauder blew saxophone — and couples slow-devoured each other in the dark. Fifteen years later, reunited and recording live to tape, they’ve returned with “Solitaire,” a song Leviton wrote in the wreckage of his twenties, back when he kept a list of favorite words and one of them finally demanded a melody.
Backman’s voice sits deep in the pocket of the arrangement, warm and slightly bruised, carrying the lyric with a torch singer’s discipline — she holds the loneliness steady, lets it pool.
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The card game, the jewel setting, the state of being alone — Leviton collapses all three meanings into a single, aching word, and the band plays it with the understated conviction of people who’ve spent years apart and know exactly what solitude tastes like. The result feels lived-in, unhurried, genuinely analog in an era saturated with digital warmth-simulation. A gorgeous first card on the table.
*The song was submitted via SubmitHub. The editorial decision was made independently.
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