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Through out These Years (LP) by Daniel Tortoledo

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Virgin albums are never easy to start nor finish, but when listening to the new record Through out These Years by Daniel Tortoledo, the entire process sounds rather simple and seamless. In songs like “You Can’t Have It All,” Daniel Tortoledo eases into his lyrics with a relaxed attitude that only grows stronger as he straddles the complex rhythm beneath the melodies in the track. His confidence is infectious and found throughout the entirety of this LP, as well as its lone music video in “Dark Times (Brothers and Sisters),” and though it isn’t the catalyst for all of the cathartic moments we encounter here, it definitely shapes the core identity of the music when we’re least expecting it to.

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Emotion is everywhere we look and listen in Through out These Years, and in “Spare Time,” the aforementioned “Dark Times (Brothers and Sisters)” and “Give Me Soul,” it seeps through the melodic underpinning in the instrumentation in ways that the vocal just can’t replicate all by itself. Tortoledo uses the harmonies to authenticate his lyrics rather than the other way around, and instead of sounding super-experimental comes across as rather humble and unassumingly revolutionary in his actions. Are there instances in which he could be a little more to the point than he actually is? Sure, but these instances are so far and few in between that the gems in this tracklist overshadow any of the near-misses without fail. That’s something for any album’s contents, let alone one from a newcomer to the spotlight.

There isn’t a lot of bass and drum indulgence in this LP, and yet the swing in “Eloise,” the title track and “Bottle of Wine” is irresistible to put it quite mildly. The backend of the mix might be lacking in weight, but the fact that Daniel Tortoledo is able to compensate for this with little more than texture and tonality alone is rather telling of his depth as a songwriter and arranger. Rather than having to rely on the same schemes, bells and whistles that some of his less than brilliant peers might just as soon embrace with open arms, he’s using the unfanciful weapons in his possession to wage war on the mainstream mundane with a muted ferocity I can’t wait to hear more of.

I didn’t know anything about Daniel Tortoledo before getting ahold of his debut album just this month, but I really like how he’s introducing himself to the audience in Through out These Years. He’s got a lot of different directions and angles with which he can take this sound he’s developed for himself in this LP, but I’m really hoping he continues to dabble in the black and white surrealism of folk-rock as he has in songs like “Not Too Late” and “You Can’t Have It All.”

AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Through-out-These-Years/dp/B07QHCXVHK

This is one singer/songwriter with more going for him than most of his closest rivals on the major labels can brag over at the moment, and his rookie effort is one I’d recommend to listeners around the country this season.

Samuel Pratt

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