Artist: Thomas Abban
Album: A Sheik's Legacy
Track: "Black Water"
Album: A Sheik's Legacy
Track: "Black Water"
Thomas Abban is a soulful alternative rock artist based out of Minneapolis, MN. Growing up listening and playing classical, jazz, blues, and rock music, Thomas has set out to create his own unique sound and songwriting style. He was recently named "Minnesota's Best New Music Act" by City Pages, and describes himself as "an artist in residence in existence". His latest album album A Sheik's Legacy was released this past fall, and has garnered him a great deal of buzz and momentum, centered around his striking visual approach as a performer, and recording artist. Today we are taking a listen to a single from that album called "Black Water".
On this single, the song begins with beautiful classical guitar, and thoughtful lyrics singing "out on my own for the first time, out all alone with you, but you always knew what would happen, didn't you"... the song then takes a slightly darker turn, as things don't go as happily as planned. With a sound that combines acoustic rock with soulful, tangible energy, Thomas is able to unravel a song down to it's bare essentials, and seamlessly build it back up into a epic jam. His vocals are powerful and dynamic, ebbing and flowing as the song builds, showing the range in his voice, along with range of emotions. "Life's like a bottle of fine wine, it just gets emptier each day"... The song explodes into a full band arrangement halfway through, with a wide array of ethnic and electronic elements, along with acoustic guitar, and busy percussion before dropping back into the 'calm before the storm' pocket groove from the intro of the song. Make sure to check out Thomas Abban's album A Sheik's Legacy on Itunes, and wherever you listen to online music!
Watch the video for "Black Water" by Thomas Abban below:
Watch the video for "Black Water" by Thomas Abban below: