Lyle Muskat strikes a chord of hope with uplifting anthem "Choose Love"

Lyle Muskat's new single, "CHOOSE LOVE, " is a soulful reminder of what we all have in common: a shared craving for the things we can't live without: compassion, unity, and understanding. "Choose Love" folds the listener into its balmy, melodic embrace. There's an evergreen quality in its simplicity, a feel-good force that doesn't strain to be profound because it is. Muskat isn't singing about love; he's embodying it in every chosen word and every softly rolling set of chords. 

There's no overproduction, no glossy sheen obscuring the message. It's just a gorgeous, gorgeously beautiful piece of music that feels as bracing as it does welcoming. It's the type of song that can linger with you, not because it insists on doing so, but because that's where it feels most at home. Muskat's voice has a rare sincerity that makes you stop what you are doing and really listen. There's a quiet power in the delivery that doesn't scream for attention but reaches for connection instead. It is easy to imagine this song also becoming a personal anthem for anyone of those things that you put on when days are long and hard, and hope is a bit too far, or when the weight of the world feels heavy, or when a new love is fresh or wistful.

"Choose Love" expresses the decision that we all have before us: to treat one another kindly, to feel what someone else feels, and to look at one another through reality glasses that would show other people as our righteous selves and not our diminished ones. It's a nudge toward the better angels of our nature, and it lands with the force of truth spoken clearly. Through Lyle Muskat, we have been gifted well beyond just a song; we have been thrown a lifeline. It's a reassuring hand on the shoulder in a season when we could all use a reminder that we're only human and love is a choice worth making.