Patiently
Awaiting the Machine – Electrified
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Dee and the
Grand Brothers are partnering for an album together at just the right time. The
former’s massive YouTube success, two solo releases (the second produced by his
current creative partners), and “Miles and Miles (Living on the Edge)” placing
with a highly visible Ford Super Bowl commercial. Their collaboration, dubbed
Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite, has completed recording its first studio
release entitled Canyon Diablo and the first single from the forthcoming disc,
“Electrified”, is a powerful piece of pop song craft with considerable musical
muscle. “Electrified” owes much of its success, naturally, to the Grand
Brothers’ contributions, but Dee is clearly a key part in the success of the
song as well and the chemistry this musical partnership generates isn’t quite
like anything you’ve heard in recent memory. You can feel the confidence they
have in this effort coming through in every passage, no matter what slant it
takes with a listener.
They pull all
this off without ever sounding obnoxious about it. Instead, there’s a near
anthemic quality to this song complete with an uplifting chorus that drives one
of the song’s central points home without ever browbeating listeners with too
many words. Everything is very purposeful with this track and nothing feels
extraneous. Instead, “Electrified” comes off as a single where the principles
involved cut the song with a clear idea of what they wanted to do with this
song from the outset and realized it thanks to a combination of inspiration and
skill.
“Electrified” bristles from the beginning with barely suppressed energy and the sense of an explosion barely held in throughout the entirety of the song gives it an air of tension that makes this an even more delectable listening experience. Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite’s single never sounds forced or rushed and the consistent push behind its tempo has a grab you by the lapels and shake you around quality that makes this an intensely physical listen from the outset.
“Electrified” bristles from the beginning with barely suppressed energy and the sense of an explosion barely held in throughout the entirety of the song gives it an air of tension that makes this an even more delectable listening experience. Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite’s single never sounds forced or rushed and the consistent push behind its tempo has a grab you by the lapels and shake you around quality that makes this an intensely physical listen from the outset.
It has a ton
of personality, as well, thanks to the vocal presence in the song’s mix. Dee
and the female backing vocals running throughout the song are never obscured by
the boisterous arrangement and, instead, exhibit many of the same qualities and
mood we hear from the music. Dee’s voice exhibits the same instant likability
we heard in his earlier and very successful singles like “Miles and Miles
(Living on the Edge)” and “Filter Factory” while also stretching his talents
for dramatization in a new and exciting direction. He clearly benefits from
working with the Grand Brothers because they intuitively understand how to best
utilize his voice, but Dee is a considerable talent in his own right who
obviously inspires the brothers to pursue higher peaks with this release than
they’ve had the opportunity to reach for in their earlier work for other
artists. Patiently Awaiting the Meteorite clearly has the talent to be a major
player on the pop scene, so we can only hope that “Electrified” and the
upcoming Canyon Diablo are more than just a thrilling one off project for these
performers, producers, and writers.
Glenn Farnsworth
