Genre: Rock, blues, acoustic, folk, country
I grew up with Duncan. He graduated a few years ahead of me and I have been following his music career since my early teens. I have watched his music genres change, blend, and evolve of the years and found his lyrics only more relatable the older I get. He is a great singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist who can make a great sounding album with his own skills and talents.
I listened to this album from start to finish on a drive to New Hampshire recently, which seemed to just make sense. My son, who turns four soon, listened along and didn’t ask for Spider-Man the whole 10-song, 34 minute album. When I asked him what he thought, he said it was, “Great.”
The whole time I was listening to this album I had one thought: It reminds me of John Mayer’s Born and Raised mixed with the guitar licks of his other albums. This album seems like Pelletier’s Born and Raised. His dive into country music during a time in his life filled with changes.
About: Maine-based singer/songwriter Duncan Pelletier has been making music for over a decade in various capacities. As a solo artist, studio musician, and live theater composer, Pelletier tactfully weaves together elements of soft rock, blue-eyed soul, and traditional pop, resulting in a sound that benefits from influence while feeling uniquely his own.
Where is he from: New Hampshire
Reminds me of: John Mayer, Ed Robertson.
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Songs to check out:
- “More Drugs” is a great song about mental health and just needing a little bit more time and more chemicals to figure everything out. I love the line about trying to get the codes right inside of you. And the organ in the bridge gives the whole song a southern feel.
- “Nothing More” to come is another fun song about something ending. I really enjoy the bells in this one.
- Up to Me” sounds like it could be a theme song to a 1990s television show. Did they still do that with modern television? If so, someone send this to Hollywood. I love the these lyrics, “Start feeling the pressure. Don’t dig in the dirt. I never felt better after I got hurt.”
- “Nowhere At All” is a very reflective song filled with some twang and palm muted guitar and chorus that claims “I am everywhere, but nowhere at all.” And who hasn’t felt like that before?
- “For a While” is the most country song on the whole album. Sounding like it was written on a rocking chair in Montana. Great guitar solo.
- Start Right Here” also sounds like a theme song to a sitcom and I really love when the Oregon hits in this one.
I actually went ahead and added “Up to Me” to the Full House opening and it kind of works perfectly!