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Ezra Thomas - The Weight of Being
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“The Weight of Being” who we are and where we are in life is at times overwhelming. Music from artists like Ezra Thomas allows us to lighten that load for a short time while we let the music take us away. The name of the band is taken from its two main players, Ezra Vancil (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar / Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Resonator, Lap steal Guitar, Keyboards, percussion) and Aaron Thomas (Drums, percussion, Udu drum, Tablas, Congas, djembe, vocals, keys, guitars, mandolin, Harmonica, programming).
There is something about this music and Ezra’s vocals that got my attention immediately. Although he reminded of Cat Stevens in some way, his voice was very hard to pinpoint and difficult to make any comparisons to.
Upon reflection of this recording, I became fascinated with the beautiful instrumentation and melodies. Their lush compositions sucked me right in. Their sound is a roots-country inflected alternative rock-pop sound that is so contagious you will find it hard to pull yourself away from it. At times you will hear flourishes of rocking guitar, but not a lot, they seem to fall into the right spots at the right times in each track. There are primarily melodious driving rhythms and beats that are very pleasing to the ear, and evident throughout this album. The lyrics are contemplative as well. On “Two Hands” they sing- “Two hands in the dark are not enough to hold you.” Some powerful words indeed, with passionate music to drive it all home. That kind of feeling and thought is apparent in every song they perform.
This is a fabulously consistent project that will please many different tastes, probably too many to count. To put it in a few words…you will hear 12 tracks of pumped up emotions put into some excellent music that makes for a vital combination hard to clarify in a review alone, you will have to hear it and absorb it all to really get it.
© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck |
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