I stumbled across, "Will Color Return" from Zeeks Catalog about a month ago and despite drowning in music, a busy work and parenting schedule as well as scrounging time to build my new website, I kept coming back to it.
Funnily (or not) it's the second single I've reviewed this week that is a tribute to someone special that passed away too soon. It's also the second single this week to turn such loss into a poignant musical memorial.
Sparse piano, minimal, achingly beautiful strings and Zeeks' gentle, thoughtful tones waste no time in setting a philosophical tone for this musical eulogy. Not a note or breath is wasted on empty platitudes, and it's hard not to be drawn to thoughts of personal loss or the fear of losing those nearest or dearest, it really is affecting. The keys hold a mournful course throughout, but just before permanent melancholy settles in the strings suddenly spring to life, stoically raising heads and spirits, reminding those still living that there is still a life to live and love to give.
"Will Color Return" is the EP standout, but not by much. The other six tracks are similarly minimal, the space as important as the succinct playing, whether it be Zeeks' classic piano tinkling or the affable, similarly restrained trumpet, percussion or strings that take it in turns to bolster the intimately delivered tales
There's a lot of piano led singer songwriters about, and I can't lie I prefer and tend to more alternative artists and original sounds, but there's something to be said for having some classic, easier listening sounds in your library, and you could do a lot worse than add Zeeks' affecting vocals, timeless messages and fine musicianship to yours.
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