Too often, singers lack the gift of allusion — they skip the rising action and attempt to jump to the climax.

How boring is that?

Look toward Darien Brockington’s debut album appropriately titled “Somebody to Love,” to remind you of what love songs sound like.

“I’m trying to take it back to a place before music got lost — go back to the 1990s and the early 2000s,” said Brockington.

Unsigned to any particular label, Brockington rocks with the Hall of Justus Music Group to complete tracks produced by E. Jones, 9th Wonder and Khrysis.

The album’s first single, “I Need You,” is a smooth song with a bass line that commands the slow movement of hips and rhythmic snaps of fingers.

“Think It Over” gives the scenario of two friends in love who want to take a step forward in their relationship.

Love songs are almost a lost form that actually made people want to be in love, or at least in good company.

If you are looking for something to jam to, make you feel good, or make you fall in love, then listen to “Somebody to Love.”