Happy Sunday everyone! This week we have our very first guest writer, Alejandro Hirsch Saed. Alejandro is a dear friend of ours who has a great passion for music and is here to share his thoughts on Zachary Cale's latest album, False Spring.
Zachary Cale is a NYC based songwriter/musician originally hailing from the small town of Enon, Louisiana. His music ranges from lyrically driven balladry over American Primitive inspired guitar playing to Cosmic Country music and cerebral Folk Rock.
False Spring - Zachary Cale (Album Review)
By Alejandro Hirsch Saed
For the last few years I’ve been listening to Nick Drake, The War On Drugs, Lou Reed, and Wilco. Zachary Cale takes the subtle enlightening guitar of Nick, the lyric dept of Adam Granduciel, and the effortless folk/rock of Jeff Tweedy, creating a nostalgic, fresh, and sweet well-rounded album.
In the gloomy reality we’ve been living for the last few months this album brings the necessary uplifting alt-rock album that we’ve been waiting for since The War On Drugs’ Lost In The Dream.
Zachary’s voice is something between Tim Booth’s from James and Bob Dylan, which gives it a folky edge, yet still has the alt-rock drive of a Wilco album.
It is built like a 70s Lp, focused on technique and highlighting each instrument, as well as keeping a coherent sound throughout. From the first song Shine the guitar is the center-piece of the hour long LP. It is mostly through high notes that the song and album seem fresh.
The finger picking technique in the song False Spring is unprecedented, with every chord reaching an emotional tone that transcends into the listener.
While Zachary’s verses are almost poetic, the album goes through entire instrumental songs like Magnetic North that perfectly bridge together the different stages of the album and make it cohesive.
The LP invites the listener to go into a mental road trip for an hour and leave behind reality for a while.
10/10
We hope you enjoyed this quick read. Download the album to finish your Sunday with some good vibes!
Much Love,
Kat the Cat
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