Doc Allen - Chronicles balance bittersweet reflection and hope on "Plastic Heroes"

Doc Allen - Chronicles carries an emotional weight because not every heartbreak has a clear villain. "Plastic Heroes" is folk- and country-based and tells of a relationship that starts with passion and lies, then gradually loses its power. It is, essentially, a truth that shows one man who believed in another who knew he could never be her partner. The story is about the damage of failing to live up to someone else's belief. 

It's especially disappointing to consider a hero in plastic, and this isn't an outsider pointing out another's dishonest acts. Here's the guy whose own shortcomings helped to kill the relationship. It brings a certain amount of accountability to the well-known theme of lost love. It's not a voice of revenge or despair, but one that acknowledges the disparity between what one person gave and what the other could give in return.

Produced by John Kennedy in Nashville, "Plastic Heroes" tells the story of this relationship through its slow decline, capturing the fallout of promises and expectations that can't be kept. The story feels intimate, with country-folk-rock underpinnings that keep both people from becoming simple caricatures. That last wish to love again offers some hope but doesn't erase the story's disappointment. "Plastic Heroes" asks the truth of who we were in a relationship, what we didn't give, and whether we can learn to be better.

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