"DEADWATER"-WET
A great majority of the songs that actively rotate in my iTunes library are decidedly uptempo tunes. For a "ballad" to be included within my personal playlist, it has to be especially remarkable.
As you can imagine, a huge chunk of pop music falls into the "break-up song" category, but very few come across as emotional and heart-wrenching as "Deadwater," the lead-off track from the yet-to-be-released debut album (Don't You) from the Massachusetts trio Wet.
Lead-vocalist Kelly Zutrau delicately sings the part from the viewpoint of a heart that has been badly broken beyond repair. As she tells her story, you come to understand that everything was done to make this relationship work but has painfully come to the conclusion that she had no other choice but to move on.
And yet she can't help but always wonder, "If..."
Even when she concludes, "There are better things for me," you sense in her voice that she's much more hopeful than optimistic.
For those of us with broken-hearts still in a state of repair, "Deadwater" -- with its perfectly produced piano-based backing-track set underneath Kelly's poignantly pensive poetry -- will surely resonate. It's that powerful.
"Deadwater" will be part of Wet's first full-length major label album (via Columbia) and is due out this Autumn.
As you can imagine, a huge chunk of pop music falls into the "break-up song" category, but very few come across as emotional and heart-wrenching as "Deadwater," the lead-off track from the yet-to-be-released debut album (Don't You) from the Massachusetts trio Wet.
Lead-vocalist Kelly Zutrau delicately sings the part from the viewpoint of a heart that has been badly broken beyond repair. As she tells her story, you come to understand that everything was done to make this relationship work but has painfully come to the conclusion that she had no other choice but to move on.
And yet she can't help but always wonder, "If..."
Even when she concludes, "There are better things for me," you sense in her voice that she's much more hopeful than optimistic.
For those of us with broken-hearts still in a state of repair, "Deadwater" -- with its perfectly produced piano-based backing-track set underneath Kelly's poignantly pensive poetry -- will surely resonate. It's that powerful.
"Deadwater" will be part of Wet's first full-length major label album (via Columbia) and is due out this Autumn.
