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David Sancious: Eyes Wide Open
ByIn a nutshell, the album has a good-timey vibe as the artist covers racial musings cast with a positive spin amid the concise insertions of audio snippets culled from the news, religious leaders, and so on. Although none of these clips overtly steer the musical proceedings, but largely anchor a given storyline on select tracks. Essentially, Sancious' pleasant arrangements accentuate his talents as a sound designer via layered synth strings, catchy hooks and toe-tapping grooves. On the other hand, he doesn't let it rip either, since the bottom line is more about taste and good musical etiquette on a set that doesn't cross esoteric boundaries, yet aims to entertain with lush piano voicings, breezy vocal overlays and easy-going grooves.
Sancious dishes out a spicy funk rock with soaring choruses on the instrumental, "Flip It." Whereas, "December" commences as an atmospheric piece, tempered by his soothing acoustic guitar work, splashed with a bit of bravado, leading to the final piece "War in Heaven," which is hammered-out by all-world drummer Vinnie Colaiuta's polyrhythmic fury and the leader's curvy sax-synth sounds. Otherwise, it would be nice to hear Sancious up the ante via his somewhat legendary, smoldering synths and robust distortion-laced guitar work to notch the excitement factor up a few degrees during various segments of the presentation.
Track Listing
Eyes Wide Open; In The Middle Of The Night; Urban Psalm #3; If; Flip It; The Tree House; December; War In Heaven.
Personnel
David Sancious
producerVinnie Colaiuta
drumsWill Calhoun
drumsMichael Bland
drumsJoe Bonadio
drumsAdditional Instrumentation
David Sancious: synth, guitar, vocals, organ.
Album information
Title: Eyes Wide Open | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Self Produced
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