Such is the emphasis on instrumental prowess and technique in modern alternative rock, that when a release comes along that relies heavily on the vocal, it makes you sit up and listen. In this regard, Jon Car’s DREAM-119 is an outlier. Car, who has recently signed to new label Affiant Records, holds much of the expression of Dream-119 in his vocal. Car’s voice is not only powerful, sharp and engaging, but also carries an impressive dexterity over the course of just five tracks. Opener “Ready for War” shows this from the offset—the defiant track stories the narrator’s fight against internal struggle, marrying modern rock and pop stylings in a fight against depression. Lead single “The Danger” nods to the late, great Chris Cornell with its rich and textured delivery. The interjection o...
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