Drill down deep enough, and there’s a beautiful conflict at the core of most things. A push and pull that inspires buildings and books, dream chasers and 9-to-5ers. It drives some to greatness, drives others mad, and even the finest poets struggle to capture it in words. But Kip Moore puts it simply enough:

Damn Love.

The beating heart and title track of his fifth studio album for MCA Nashville, it’s a yearning that seems engrained on each and every soul – no matter how hard we fight it.

“There’s a reason love and relationships have been written about so much – and why they continue to get written about,” Moore says. “Because at the core of us, that’s what we desire the most.”