Wishpenny - Day After Dark
This Nashville group is all set your senses on fire unapologetically with Day After Dark and they do this in the most Wishpenny manner. They swagger in with their gravity-heavy folk-rock vibes that send chills down your spine. This album seems to be more magnetic than ever. It is peppered with all sorts of instrumental bits that need a stage of its own. What they have shown us is the power of collaboration . They have successfully found that sweet spot of balance, it particularly shines through in Closer. Day After Dark with Wishpenny The album is kick-started by Day after Dark, this seems to be the most talked about track and for good reason. It begins with this classic guitar section that is propelled with the drums and we hear Regina’s vocals enter the stage. The minute we hear the vocals we are left gasping and it only gets better with the Trumpet. Day After Dark feels like a party in your ears that makes your senses dance all together. Generally speaking, the production on this album is immaculate, there is an earthy texture that shines. Not About Love We get into the thick of Wishpenny’s experience with the Glide and Cover and Better Than We Found It. Both these tracks have excellent instrumentals that have their graph clear. We feel Not About Love crescendo in our bones. By the time we get to Not About Love, Wishpenny has successfully immersed us in their world. This track is a steady pace but we hear the folk roots clear as day, it sounds earthy. We can almost hear the texture and layout of the dry mountains in this track. Every aspect of the song is purposeful and shines through and yet they display a sense of spontaneity, that has us itching to get on our feet and groove. Step Into The Sun Generally, the pace of the songs is slow and upbeat-y but there is something special about Step Into The Sun. This one has a beat structure that doesn't surprise you like the rest and that is so comforting as we’ve experienced a rich soundscape until now. The vocals are soft and gentle and hold you throughout the journey to the sun. I truly believe this album is as earnest as the storytelling in Juno is. Juno has a special energy about it, especially because it handles a complicated topic such as teenage pregnancy and the consequences of it so tenderly. This is very similar to the style of writing Wishpenny offers us, complicated yet earnest and warm. The craft that the band displays is undeniably one of the best out there in the indie music world. You can hear this yourself, all you have to do is click on the links attached above and let Wishpenny take you on a joyride.
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