First listening and the first few seconds I forgot who I was listening to and thought I had
selected Radiohead. It soon changed when the vocal came in. Where is Eric going with this I wondered, with his melody soaring and dropping, and then some fantastic harmonies came in which reminded me of Love, Forever Changes era.
Overall the song carries the melancholy of Nick Drake, although the vocal is nothing like, it is just an essence which permeates the song. It also has a feel of early King Crimson, and it finishes with a discordant guitar solo, which I like a lot, and is reminiscent of Robert Fripp. I think Chris Blackwell would have signed this guy to Island in the seventies. It has all the qualities a good Island artist had back then.
After five or six listens I really warmed to the song, although in this age of instant gratification within ten seconds of listening, I don’t know if listeners would give him the chance to grow on them. I hope they do, as he deserves a large audience.
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