blog<\/a>). I\u2019m here to talk about the upside, represented by D.I.Y. artists like the immensely talented, out-of-nowhere phenom Wil Deynes.<\/p>\nStay<\/i> is fives tracks of full, rich, radio-friendly Matt Nathanson-meets-Gin Blossoms melodic rock that sounds like it was recorded in a professional studio by a full band. The reality, though, is that Deynes, a Mac tech by day, recorded this entire EP by himself in the hallway of his home.<\/p>\n
Leadoff cut \u201cSuperwonderful\u201d is as radio-ready as an A&R guy could ever ask for, its ringing, hooky chorus drilling right into your cerebral cortex and staying there for hours. The song itself is classic pop songwriting, a love song to a girl who doesn\u2019t seem to have a clue how amazing she is, and the execution is full of jangly lead guitar over layered acoustic rhythm that absolutely nails the power-pop sweet spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cStay\u201d has a power ballad feel for the most part as Deynes layers his own voice over what sounds like 12-string acoustic, with electric powering the choruses, but he throws in some nice twists. There\u2019s a sort of herky-jerky electric riff he uses to introduce the chorus that adds muscle to the song, and the soloing over the closing chorus soars nicely.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter Way<\/st1:address><\/st1:street>\u201d and \u201cNervous\u201d are right-down-the-middle power-pop tunes, hooky and pleasant without making a huge impression. Deynes carries them with vocals that are clean and strong enough to create instant appeal even when the songs feel slightly lightweight. \u201cTired\u201d closes things out on a significantly darker note, a frenetic, venomous, Lenny Kravitz-meets-Dave Matthews breakup song that demands that Wil\u2019s partner \u201cpack up your shit and go.\u201d It\u2019s a bit of a slap in the face after the relatively safe pop-rock that came before, but the song works and adds dimension to Stay<\/i>.<\/p>\nDeynes has gone the Radiohead route with this EP and is offering Stay<\/i> for free download, while soliciting donations from the downloaders. One more reason why anyone with a taste for melodic pop-rock should check out Wil Deynes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8139],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-40736","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-wil-deynes","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40736","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=40736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40736"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}