Thursday, March 20, 2014

JESSE WILL: AWESOME UNDERGROUND ★ MUSIC REVIEW #10

Jesse Will

Jesse Will just so happens to make one of my very favorite kinds of music. Yes, he has that gorgeous acoustic sound. Call me simple-minded, but there's just something far more personal about an artist and an unplugged guitar sharing their soul with yours. Now, before I go on, I'd like to add that there's obviously bass in Jesse's music (along with subtle use of other instruments), but I still feel like his sound revolves around his acoustic guitar and his voice. I think I'll call him soft alternative. 

While this type of music is my very favorite, I have to take it in small doses. I am deeply affected by the music I listen to... So if I were to listen to what I'm calling "soft alternative" for an entire week, I'd be so down you wouldn't be able to see me in the hole I dug for myself, much less pull me out of it. Just another example of my depth of love for music and its magnitude of control over me.

Moving on, I'd just like to say that Mr. Will is a polite, humble, and very talented man. His songs are so meaningful, in fact, that if you sat down and listened carefully to the lyrics and focused on the stories behind his songs, you'd likely be in that deep dark hole with me (possibly crying). I feel like it sounds like I'm putting his music down. But I don't really know how else to explain to you just how talented he is without explaining how sad his songs can make me. Let's face it, deep usually = sad overwhelmingly depressing. He's got a few of those up his sleeve. But while the stories that are intertwined in the clever wording of Mr. Will's lyrics are sad, they remain some of the most beautifully choreographed words I've heard in all my life. And I listen to a lot of words and stuff. (haha)

If you've experienced loss, in pretty much any form, this music is a gift for you. I have no doubt that whatever you may be grieving, Jesse Will has a song that will help move the process along.
I mean, just....

"And I walk where the rain knows my name."

Try to tell me that's not one of the most beautifully tragic lines you've ever heard in your life. You'd be lying. Don't be a liar, nobody likes that. What I'm getting at is that in most cases, my opinion is an opinion. But in Jesse Will's case, I'm pretty sure I can just speak like this is fact: if pens are swords, Jesse's equipped with a few super secret golden samurai blades, and they're not getting dull any time soon.

Jesse Will's Links:

If you missed "The Best Music You Didn't Know You Were Missing 8.1" don't even worry, it's right here:

HERE I AM:
Fake mail I can really read: hpfansonghost@gmail.com
Mail I get to read and touch: P.O. Box 461 Gruetli-Laager, TN 37339
<u3

No comments:

Post a Comment