This is listed as being a demo but who cares because it’s heart on the sleeve gorgeous as is. The vocal is so far up front that with headphones on you may kind of get that chill you do when someone whispers directly into your ear. It weirdly reminded me of the 1981 Rolling Stones classic “Waiting on a Friend”, as it beats with the same melodic heart, and is just as full of resignation, but this “boy” is 100 times more lost, wistful, and earnest, and all kinds of beautiful. And check out the band’s 2017 EP “Stranger” below, for more genuinely fine and promising things.
PICKING UP ROCKS 