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“STEREO DRIVER” by Q is so dreamy, so 80s, so groovy, so driving in an old Ford convertible on an 8-lane highway in California (I can’t drive), so grainy, so sunglasses, so0o Prince, sooo Reagan era unfort… “STEREO DRIVER” is a period piece in the most effective way a song can be. Q’s soulful, sweet crooning feel like looking out of the window on a long carride.
“PRESENCE” has thee dirtiest groove and filthiest bass line, garnished with a synthy melodic progression and convicted dramatic storytelling. My 2023 review of it says it best:
“Q is a singer, but a musical painter, actor and a playwright — and “PRESENCE” feels like a mixed media play in multiple acts. Despite the song being an album closer, it can’t help but feel like an exposition, a forewarning: “You’ve come so far to turn back now/Don’t give up now”….A cacophony of distant voices echo across funky bass and synth — they sound like the muses — but their message has urgency. Their voices and the entire song, like Q, demands to be heard.”
I think I have a thing for songs that sound like they could be in movies, so I’m going to keep doing these—cinematic songs. Throw one of these on today if you want something to romanticize your life to.
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