I\u2019ve been writing reviews here for a lot of years, and every so often I get thrown a curve ball. More often, these unexpected musical releases are better than the usual; I find independent music to be music made out of passion and need, rather than made for money.<\/p>\n
Need indeed, it seems to be, on the independent release from Indian singer\/songwriter Doctor Lincoln, Will See You Now<\/i>. I feel as if the good Doctor (and that\u2019s the only time I\u2019ll make that joke, I promise) makes music because he has<\/b> to\u2026and in that music he is frank and straightforward about his own struggles with autism. A former cardiac surgeon, Doctor Lincoln turned to music after he became a whistleblower over patient safety. He found music more to his liking, and his 2016 release Wallflower<\/i> led Rolling Stone India to call it \u201cas fresh as alt-rock gets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fresh, indeed. This is some amazingly crafted stuff, hailing from the neighborhood of Matthew Sweet, Duncan Sheik, and Suzanne Vega; wistful and thoughtful, introverted and extroverted, powerful and delicate. Add in an occasional unexpected touch like the violin (recorded backwards? I think?) on \u201cGet Burned,\u201d the saxophone on \u201cBreak The Ice,\u201d or the chiming guitar on \u201cStart Over,\u201d and you\u2019ve got a recipe for success.<\/p>\n
(BTW, the aforementioned guitar sounds like a song from the nineties that I cannot place. Anyone who emails me and identifies it gets a guaranteed DV Non-Existent Prize.)<\/p>\n
There really isn\u2019t a bad track on this album, though there is at least one cultural reference that Westerners might not get (hint: \u201cmusth\u201d is the term for a raging elephant). Nevertheless, it\u2019s amazingly well done for an indie release. Highlights include \u201cStart Over,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Let Go,\u201d \u201cMusth\u201d\u2014oh, heck, listen to them all.<\/p>\n
Will See You Now<\/i> is a man who is expressing his passion and his artwork in as plain and straightforward a fashion as he can. Give it a listen; the Doctor is worth your patience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10911],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46790","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-doctor-lincoln","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46790","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46790"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46790"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}