Brian Erickson - Others' Songs

Brian Erickson Offers New Cover Album – “Others’ Songs” – New Jersey Stage 

In November 2025, Brian Erickson released two albums in one day. Everyday Forever, a fully produced, continuous suite of original material, and Everyday Sketches, a stark collection of single-take performances. The gamble paid off, as Everyday Forever became one of the most added albums on the NACC charts in its debut week, then earned an Album of the Year nomination from the Asbury Park Music Awards. Meanwhile, Sketches remained a beloved, slow-burn, fan favorite.

Now, Erickson returns with Others’ Songs, a ten-track archival collection of cover material made between 2004 and 2021.

Drawing from writers such as Elliott Smith, Harry Nilsson, and Aimee Mann, the album spans two decades of Erickson’s life as a recording artist. And while it doesn’t feature one of the main features that make Erickson such a formidable act – his original work – Others’ Songs clears a path for, well, other things, as it features a pair of Erickson’s earliest collaborators: Michelle Cacciatore on “The Boy’s Gone,” and Tim Ryan on “Two of Us” and a short, a cappella version of “Mrs. Robinson.” Each of those three tracks are some of the earliest here and show how, despite his ever-growing solo catalogue, Erickson always felt at home working alongside others.

Rather than reinvention, Others’ Songs is a curated archival snapshot, a document of the formative years that shaped Erickson’s songwriting voice, and, let’s be honest, a well-earned victory lap following the success of last year’s Everyday albums.

With his band The Extensions planning to issue its own LP this August, Erickson’s solo output reflects a larger effort, years in the making: organizing and preparing two decades of recordings for release. It started last year with the Everyday albums. It continues Friday June 5th with Others’ Songs, out via Mint 400 Records.