A New Vintage Rock Track from Duane Hoover
Another absolute banger of a track delivered from Duane Hoover comes through with this super classic rock approach that features both acoustic and electric guitars and the air of live performance as the whole thing comes through with a beautiful energy and vintage aesthetic that works so well because everything right down to the tones of the instruments were paid attention to.
"When The Morning Comes(outake)" is a track that thrives off that raw energy indeed, and it's completely infectious and doesn't really let down. Nothing about this is super over the top; it's just balanced well, and that live performance style delivery is impactful to say the least.
One of the things that makes this track work so incredibly well is the percussion or drumming. The drummer came through with an amazing approach, so that although they are in the pocket, they bring a liveliness to the track as a whole. There's loads of fills and animation, so the drumming pushes this track to where it needed to be.
It's not just about the drive that they deliver. It's about how the drummer was able to produce something that goes particularly well with the song and gave it that classic rock aesthetic.
Everyone understood their missions here, that's for sure. The vibe and aesthetic are completely nailed from beginning to end, and the vocal performance here also feeds into that same, almost vintage style.
The guitars are panned left and right; they each have a little bit of a different distortion or tone, but together, it makes everything super warm.
This is something you can tell was well thought out, and the attention to the kind of power classic rock detail lets the atmosphere of this song hit the way it was intended to.
Of course, we've heard a lot from Duane before, and this is a track that feeds into his staple sound, but it has a little bit of looseness to it, and I think this is part of why it comes across almost like a live performance.
Duane is always working with his influences. He always brings these classic influences into his music and does it in a unique way, blending all kinds of rock, pop, contemporary, sometimes jazz, and plenty more into the tunes that he puts out.
This one is something that stands on its own two feet incredibly well.
When you listen to it, that vintage feel is so perfected that you'll think it's a song from the late 1970s that you missed out on somehow.
I don't think that's an easy thing to produce. Even though it feels like it came from the radio waves decades ago, I think it's tough to nail down that kind of tonality and make it sound so natural.
Whether Duane is going for rock, pop, contemporary, or anything else, down the aesthetic he's going for, and I think this is something that it makes him unique.
This is an artist who clearly has some kind of vision of what he wants the song to turn out to be, and whether he works with outside producers or not, he is able to pull it off.
Everything about this track feels natural. It all works for the approach it's going for, between that live performance vibe, vintage tonality, and classic rock songwriting, it all flows and comes through totally authentic.
Now, Duane Hoover definitely releases a good variety of stuff, and if you dig this song, I would dive into his past releases because there's some great material to swim through and groove with.
He's an artist who always incorporates a lot of color and vibrancy in his music, no matter what the style or genre is.
I would check this track out and then go back through some of his catalog to listen to more stuff.
If you like this song, you're going to like a lot of his other releases simply because, again, this is an artist who has a particular vision and goes to whatever lengths it takes to nail that down.
Check this out as soon as you can, and you certainly won't be disappointed.
