Written by: Dave Cantrell
Every now and again we get lucky and a gifted songwriter drops into our lap. Well, Stereo Embers is here to tell you that it’s about to happen again, specifically on June 24th when Tommy Wallach’s new album (and first full-length) I Meant It To Be Sweet is released on Rude Fox Records. Deft, literate, marinated as much in classic Brill Building tropes as it is an urbane knowingness – minus the default irony – Wallach is perhaps the perfect bridge between Goffin-King and Matthew Edwards. As a singer he seems to inhabit the consciousness of a song, while as a writer he brings an unerring eye to those fallibly human moments that border deliciously on the uncomfortable. With a journalistic poet’s sensibili ty and an innate touch of theatricality, Wallach delivers the type of richly varied, exquisitely appointed album that makes an SE writer’s life feel a very blessed one indeed. But the true fortune here is yours, as we invite you to share in this exclusive first listen simply by clicking on the magic little word here. And while you’re listening you can familiarize yourself with all things Tommy Wallach over at his tumblr page, which will prepare you nicely for the Stereo Embers review coming in a couple of weeks. Oh and why not, here’s a sneak peak at I Meant It To Be Sweet‘s cover as well:
