Moving effortlessly though multiple emotional sweeps and octave changes, “Waking up on a Strange Day“ by Netherlands artisit David Rooker is a mesmerizing journey for the heart, soul and ears.
By themselves Rooker’s vocals are a compelling landscape to traverse. Willing to soar, brave enough to sigh and croon, you follow them and willingly go through the doors they open and the new paths they reveal.
The instrumentation is simple at first. Guitars and percussion. Then Rooker’s vocals go orchestral and strings are added in to highlight and compliment the jump. Soaring.
I like every visit Rooker makes to various octaves. He’s solid in all of them. Never failing to continue the journey. Using his voice to compel us to the next frontier. Sounding older and wiser than his age.
By the time the electric guitar strums and fuzzes and he releases his final sighs you really feel like you’ve been somewhere together.
I’m excited to hear more from his upcoming release “Magnolia Dream.”
Promo:
David Rooker, barely 19, is a young songwriter and singer hailing from the Netherlands. Already starting with making music at a very young age, he has developed a discography of uniquely structured, heartfelt songs that possess an authenticity that not every songwriter manages to achieve. Mainly written during the corona pandemic (although having already started the writing process before that, at the mere age of 15), his album Magnolia Dream is a moody, 50-minute epos with twelve songs which mainly lend themselves to the darkest of nights. Although his songs are embedded in a singer-songwriter tradition, Rooker manages to capture a wide range with a variety of different influences. They are glued together by two main elements: the melancholy incorporated in Rooker’s songwriting and his weeping, over-four-octave-spanning voice.
LINK: https://www.instagram.com/davidrooker_/
UNCLE EARS is a music blog written by David Falk. davidrfalk@gmail.com David was born in 1962 and gravitates towards melodies, adventure, unsigned artists, fresh discoveries. He trusts his ear to know what it likes and loves sharing what he finds. He lives near Seattle, WA, USA.
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