Zircon Skyeband is turning the jukebox of your soul up to eleven with their latest single, "Lovers Who Wander." Sure, this title-track standout from their 5-song EP is a cover, but it is no mere redo, it's a horn-heavy homage to Dion DiMucci's classic that brings rich harmonies and vintage vibes. You have 1962 cool meets 1975 soul-searching, and it works.
With the first few smoky notes of the saxophone, "Lovers Who Wander" blares from an open-top vintage convertible racing by neon-lit signs and evoking a never-recovered summer memory. This is not a band trying to copy the past, it feels more like a channeling. Their distinct candor in the way they deliver it will have you moving, hands down. Vocally, they soar. The phrasing, the mix, and the emotion within Zircon Skyeband treat this number as if it were a living organism breathing life into the song anew.
Not a bit of this is for sauce purposes, it's a sweet reunion with all your friends, flames, and fleeting moments that have ever made you feel alive. Daughter's classic appeal lies in their non-dated sound, and nowhere is this more obvious than in this song. The sax isn't just a solo, it's a statement, one ear-splitting, soul-searching, life-altering declaration of war on the memories growing mold in your mind.
And here before us is a portal. Either by yourself in the kitchen or with these high school memories and relationships that you're thinking of, Zircon Skyband is keeping the faith that rock 'n' roll is alive and well LOUDER!! If the remaining four songs on this EP are half as good, we are already sold. Don't just listen, feel it. Play it loud. Sing along. Wander a little.
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