Brother Wallace releases debut album Electric Love after years in soul music
Brother Wallace turned a church-trained voice and years with The Heavy into Electric Love, while “Who’s That?” hit the Top 20 at U.S. Triple A radio.
Brother Wallace has built his name on a sound that feels both familiar and newly urgent: the sweep of Motown, the lift of gospel, and the grit of soul delivered in live settings that reward a tight band and a strong voice. Now the West Point, Georgia native has turned that stage reputation into Electric Love, a 13-song debut album that arrived May 8 on ATO Records.
The project traces back to a childhood spent in church. Wallace began playing piano at 11 and singing there as a child, then by 14 he was directing his church’s 100-member choir and writing original songs for it. That early training shows up in the record’s architecture, which leans on call-and-response energy, layered harmonies and arrangements built for a room full of listeners rather than a playlist skim. For younger audiences, that mix has become part of the appeal: older American styles are surviving not as museum pieces, but as living, collaborative music.
Wallace’s path to Electric Love ran through an unusually wide range of stages. He performed as a backing vocalist with the U.K. rock band The Heavy, shared the stage with gospel legend Kirk Franklin and has even performed at Madison Square Garden. For a long-time K-12 music teacher, that range matters. It helps explain why his records and live shows move easily between church-rooted soul, rock muscle and contemporary radio polish without losing their center.
Electric Love was produced and co-written with Dan Taylor of The Heavy, recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in England, and engineered and mixed by Bob Mackenzie and Jim Abbiss. The title track premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, while the first ATO single, “Who’s That?,” reached the Top 20 at U.S. Triple A radio, a strong showing for a debut release in a format that often rewards established acts. CBS News also featured Wallace in Saturday Sessions, with performances of “Who’s That?,” “Let’s Get Together” and “You’re The Man.”
That combination of church discipline, cross-genre experience and studio craft gives Wallace a built-in advantage as older soul traditions keep finding new listeners. Electric Love does not try to outrun the past. It treats that past, from choir loft to concert hall, as the reason the music still lands.
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