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Deas Vail

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

I saw Deas Vail live last week at the Music Hall, which has a history of hosting lots of up-and-coming bands. They were a great live band -- everything sounded really polished and professional, and I predict a bright future for them. I was also impressed that despite the soaring tenor vocals, all of the songs were done in the original key, and the lead singer didn't alter the melody to avoid the high notes (both of which are tricks that many bands use from time to time; I saw U2 on TV one time doing Pride in the Name of Love in the key of A!)Here's a beautiful slower song of theirs: I can't recommend their album highly enough. You can buy it here. I agree with this review, which calls Deas Vail "An Astonishingly Good Debut": Frontman Wes Blaylock could very well be one of the best new vocalists in all of rock music, soaring above airy guitars and keys in a way that I thought only Copeland's Aaron Marsh was capable of (especially on the Mew-like "A Lover's Charm")...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on February 16, 2008 (boomark / email).