I don’t think we normally feature reviews of 2-track singles on these pages, but I’ll gladly make an exception to this rule when it concerns Johnny Vance. Since you all carefully read the news section every week, this guy is not exactly an unknown quantity.
What Mr. Vance presents on this 2-tracker is in the same style as his entire solo artist back catalogue: a stripped down version of melodic pop-rock with an ever so slightly country twitch. The fact that he is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee & is an active member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International is probably responsible for the latter.
I could go into detail of how I think that most of the popular country music (Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, …) that is played on (mainly) the American radio stations is (in a lot of cases) straight AOR, albeit a couple of decennia later since the genre first emerged & with a strong Southern accent. But I won’t since it has little to do with this platter.
The two songs presented here are in my humble opinion nothing short of brilliant. These are the kind of songs that, when you close your eyes, can evoke all sorts of images in front of the mind’s eye. Simple, short stories lying down comfortably on a bed of soft guitars, drums & keys. If now that full album could make it before the cold nights of winter hit the streets, the accompanying soundtrack would be just that. (
KVK)
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