Draw Tippy<\/a>.
\nInfluences – mostly dating from the club scene circa 1982 — fly by
\nin a hailstorm of catchy melodies, killer riffs and tongue-in-cheek
\nlyrics whose sonic complexity belies the fact this disc was
\nrecorded solo, assembled piece by piece in Pachence’s New York City
\nbedroom.<\/p>\nStarting strong, young Dave – who sounds a bit like every
\n20-something punk-pop singer you’ve ever heard, except with great
\ntaste in music and a sophisticated sense of humor – opens with the
\nthrobbing, clever, insanely catchy “Oscillate.” The fat guitar
\nriffs, the swirling, giddy synths, the acerbic deconstruction of
\nthe poseur-filled club crowd\u2026 this is just sweet, sweet
\nstuff.<\/p>\n
“Armageddon Girl” comes along next, matching a nice acoustic
\nriff to perky synths in a marriage that shouldn’t work but does –
\nbrilliantly. Calling this space-age goof “catchy” doesn’t do
\njustice to a song that has you singing along before you even get
\nthrough the first listen\u2026<\/p>\n
The remainder of the disc is filled with the explosive genius of
\na modern-day slacker-geek musical savant possessed by the spirit of
\nevery great ’80s dance band. “15 Minutes Of Lame” crosses Simple
\nPlan with A Flock Of Seagulls and comes out a winner. “California”
\ntakes a rockabilly beat, adds Beach Boys harmonies and a surreal
\nelectronic edge that – again — shouldn’t work, but does.<\/p>\n
In one of my favorite moments on this disc, “Wasted It” starts
\nout with a somewhat obvious “time to get serious”-type acoustic
\nballad riff, which builds briefly until Pachence comes in with the
\nlyric: “I guess this is where I should say something clever \/
\nEverything, nothing, anything, whatever.” The lyric straddles a
\nfine line the rest of the way through between genuine anguish and
\nsmirking self-mockery.<\/p>\n
In another priceless turn, on “Decide” Pachence puts the truth
\nto every rock and roller’s protestations of artistic integrity,
\nadmitting that “The words to this song \/ Are really dumb \/ It ain’t
\nno Marvin Gaye, it ain’t no Macy Gray\u2026 I wrote this song \/
\nSo you can decide if you want me tonight.” After declaring himself
\nnot as good as a laundry list of hit-makers — “It ain’t no Taylor
\nDayne \/ it ain’t no Shania Twain” being one of the better rhymes —
\nhe reveals his true ambition: “And if everything’s going well \/
\nI’ll get to see what’s in your sweater.”<\/p>\n
Oh, fine, one more song before I wrap this up – it’s just too
\nperfect. “I’ll Wait” stays true to the rest of this album’s source
\nmaterial by adding the perfect punchline to a classic ’80s movie
\nmoment – the infamous “John Cusack uses Peter Gabriel to stalk his
\ncrush” scene in Say Anything — as Pachence’s impatient and not
\nvery original would-be boyfriend tries this approach: “Standing on
\nher lawn \/ With a vintage raincoat on \/ Got my boom box overhead \/
\nBlasting ‘In Your Eyes’ \/ ‘Till her mother cries \/ ‘Won’t you
\nplease just go away?!'”<\/p>\n
I could go on, but why? You get the point.
\nDraw Tippy<\/i> is a treasure trove of sharp-witted songs
\nboasting retro synths and fat guitars blasting impossibly catchy
\nriffs into the darkest corners of your brain. It’s the completely
\nfulfilled vision of an audaciously talented music lover whose
\ngreatest artistic ambition is to make you smile. I did over and
\nover again listening to this album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":27067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7166],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38397","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-draw-tippy","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38397"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}