By opening the deepest confines of his emotional center and filtering it through his innate musical talent, Nick Mancusi has created songs that speak directly to the soft spot that resides in all of us. In fact, he makes us embrace its power rather than fear its vulnerability. What’s more, the emotional spectrum his songwriting spans needs none of the smarm of trying-too-hard sugarpop that makes the radio all too saccharine at times. Mancusi’s songs resound with honest and sincerity. Integrit...