Private Island’s A
Good Look was a gift that I somehow overlooked. The EP released in
September of 2014, but I did not discover it until recently. I can sometimes
get overwhelmed by all of the music review requests I receive and once in a
while a beauty like this slips through the cracks. That is an unfortunate
shame. The four songs contained on A Good
Look are some of the best songs that I have heard in months. All songs are
layered with deep textures and sounds, soulful voices (4 songs, 4 different
lead vocals), and rich guitar solos that mix the perfect elements of jazz,
blues, and soul into one masterful sound.
Soulful, swooning, and filled with depth, Private
Island’s A Good Look EP is a delight
to the ears. Private Island brings a sound extremely reminiscent of Alabama
Shakes, a good sound to emulate. A Good
Look is an EP filled with everything that I’ve come to love about music,
blended into a delightful dose of four exquisite songs. Scores of other bands
can be heard in Private Island’s music ranging from The Head and The Heart to
Dave Matthews Band to Of Monsters And Men. It may also be that I hear all of
those musical nuances in these songs, because these songs remind me of some of
my favorite music.
Picking a favorite track from this is EP is an exercise
in the impossible. Each song is a fabulous masterpiece in its own right. Every
time I spin one of the songs more and more layers of wonderful music hit my
ears. The beauty of A Good Look is in
how detailed the music is. Luscious and layered A Good Look is exponentially magnificent. This is an EP performed
by extremely talented musicians who only accepted perfection in the music they
released. And perfection is exactly what they achieved.
Check them out for
yourselves:
Ryo’s Rating: 5
(out of 5)
Track List
MX505bii (Intro)
Bear Hands
Don’t Call Me
Dissolve
Mishka
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