"I refuse to believe it—this ain’t the life you deserve / Devoid of spirit—you’re starved in love!"
The artful ramble and gamble, unbridled emotional purging of "Starved in Love" by Towne & Stevens (Blind Melon members Rogers Stevens and Nathan Towne) is a gorgeous sweeping blendo indie alt rocker. For me, the track leans into a cross generational, multi-genre sound that feels seeded from 70's Laurel Canyon bohemian folk rock (garden rock), classic rock, 80's southern flavored alt rock filtered through a kind of balladic sense of storytelling and tightly wound blues rock jamminess AND so well produced. The artful musical framing is perfect for Rogers Steven's vocal countenance, gritty yet vulnerable, pushing high registers so beautifully. I love his vocal melodies too and coupled with his evocative voice I thought of the iconic Jackson Browne. I feel the same kind of almost breathless passion within the vocal performance.
"Starved in Love" exists on Towne & Stevens second album appropriately called "The Sophomoric Effect" released on Feb 12th of this year (2025).
-Robb Donker Curtius
Lyrics
I refuse to believe it—this ain’t the life you deserve,
Devoid of spirit—you’re starved in love!
Do you keep your eyes on the screen,
When you’re scrolling down a page in your dreams?
Oh, My lord! Oh, what a burden!
You just can’t ignore that I’m hurtin!
How can you listen to me lie there and moan?
Oh no! I’m broke again!
I’m unable to defend it,
I know you’re only worth what you spend!
I keep my eye on the dream
Hoping to find a way to matter again
Oh, My lord! Oh, what a burden!
You just can’t ignore that I’m hurtin’…
How can you just listen to me lie there and moan?
You know…Even when you’re outta my hair I worry.
Is there a friend you won’t bury?
And do ya ever think you’ll run outta luck?
If you’re surprised I’m on the phone….
Well, who could ever put a heart above your own?!?
Whoah, I’m bloody! No, I think I’m flooded!
How could you ignore that I’m hurtin’…!?
I think you AGREED to just listen to me lie there and moan
Until I’m gone
Written by Nathan Frederick Towne and Thomas Rogers Stevens
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
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“Towne & Stevens” (2023) is the debut album from Blind Melon members Rogers Stevens and Nathan Towne. Their current sophomore album is appropriately called "The Sophomoric Effect" (2025).
Towne & Stevens, alt rock, indie rock, southern rock, classic rock, Blind Melon members Rogers Stevens and Nathan Towne, 70s garden rock, sophomore album "The Sophomoric Effect", "Starved in Love"
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