This Week’s Rock List has A Fresh Lightness to it

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Gee Scott – I’m Good 

Gee Scott’s ‘I’m Good’ opens this week’s list. It is a funk rock composition with a fluttering fringe of blues and a whole lot of soul. The track forms slowly, doting on the feeling, expanding it with mercurial instrumentals. An atmosphere of chill rock blues engulf you and it takes you with it. There are wild spaces of passion and deep moments of passion and fresh melancholy. The artist is so free with his form and format, letting the music be informed by the rhythms, patterns and temperament of his emotions. And he lets it spill, lets the emotion forge the music. It’s free, effortless, retro, and full of that retro magic that’ll have you coming back for more. 

The Catchmen – England

The Catchmen’s latest release, ‘England’ is a song that delves into the folds of the country, exploring themes of storytelling, nostalgia, and homesickness. In collaboration with Ian Livingstone, Jennifer and Michael Knowles, the track is a gentle brew that calls for home, that grows into the memory of England, its culture and habits, landscapes and seasons. It’s such a mellow and elating track, one that not only shares fondness of England but beautifully drives the theme of home. With endearing lyrics and soft tones, it has a way of making you think of your own country and the ways of it. It’ll make you homesick for it and its people. It’s a beautiful sphere of melodies and sentiments that attaches itself to the listener. 

Mick J Clark – I Want it More Than You 

We end this week’s list with Mick J Clark’s classic rock track, ‘I Want It More Than You’. The singer-songwriter and artist has a retro style that takes you back. It’s familiar, almost intimate in this track. The atmosphere is contemplative and light, and flashing through this song are light riffs, mellow grooves, and a touch of blues. Mick’s vocals are vulnerable and real, without working hard for it. It is natural and therefore makes you feel a little bit more.  Storytelling touched with moments of love, passion, and melancholy, all of it reminiscent of the romantic 80s era. There is chromatism and a soft dynamism as well that loops into the composition, creating a drift that you can immerse in. Listen Now! 

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