Anything that sounds like golden age, Lyndsey Buckingham fronted, Fleetwood Mac reinventing themselves as a country-rock band is fine by me. And if you don’t know what that sounds like, then give Better Day, the A-side, for want of a better term, to DownTown Mystic’s latest three-track salvo.
But given the 12-string Rickenbacker salvos that run through the song and DownTown Mystic’s driving force, Robert Allen’s love of all things Tom Petty, it isn’t surprising that a Heartbreakers-infused sonic vibe can also be found running through the heart of the song. This is big yet accessible music built at the point when the integrity and authenticity of rock music crash headlong into the vibrancy and accessibility of more pop-driven sonic winds. Something that both the aforementioned bands were masters of.
However you want to label the song, the only thing that matters is the sheer infectiousness of what Allen has created here. It’s a song that grooves along nicely in that foot-on-the-monitor, classic rock and roll style but is built with the right amount of finesse. It’s a perfect blend of muscle and melody, a brilliant balance of power and poise, an exercise in groove and grace, energy and elegance.
That’s enough alliteration for one day.
Just buy the track, especially as it comes with two other kick-ass traveling companions, and then pick up the parent album, The Wish, as quickly as is humanly possible.
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