Tom Pino is a storyteller. So, when the New York native headed west for a new life in Los Angeles, the events that led him there surely provided more than enough inspiration.

That inspiration has been packaged up in Brooklyn, a five-track EP rooted in pop rock sensibility and colored in with shades of blues, roots, and Americana.

We start our adventure with “Dnya,” which Pino reveals as an acronym for “don’t need you around” through a solid pop rock hook, as he likens his former love to an inconvenience he would rather do without. Following that is the wistful “New York City” which, as detailed here, shows the singer-songwriter longing for the type of sunny days that can’t even be found on a SoCal beach.

Things get bluesier from there. The plodding waltz of “Hold On” certainly helps to dial the emotion up a notch, while “Not Too Late” expresses a palpable sense of regret, as Pino pines for simpler Sunday mornings filled with love instead of loneliness.

We find resolve once again with the unapologetic closing track, “Bulletproof.” The tune’s western Americana feel is the perfect complement to its subject matter, as Pino defiantly leaves everything behind in search of his new life in the Golden State.

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Track listing
Dnya
New York City
Hold On
Not Too Late
Bulletproof