A fun stab at yacht rock, Bryan Estepa’s new single is self-aware but not self-conscious, melancholy but not mopey. It’s also got a hook-laden Style Council vibe that’s impossible not to groove to. Bryan Estepa always delivers. His songs are unflaggingly buoyant, which is no small feat because the tapestry that informs all of it [...]
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The Mellow Dees are Back with (Surprise!) Alt-Rock Revival Single
The new Mellow Dees single is driving music with early-aughts pop-punk ballast and New Wave melodiousness. Not to be missed. The new outing from The Mellow Dees is an about-face from the baroque-kundiman leanings of their debut (“Lamán”). And I don’t need to be telling you this, but that’s a damn good thing. The last [...]