Gene O’s contributions to fashionable music are simply as necessary because the legacy he’s created since first rising within the Nineteen Eighties as lead singer and guitarist for the Me Decade’s rock band The Make. The San Francisco, California-based singer/songwriter nonetheless has unfinished enterprise along with his compatriots in The Make however he’s additionally persevering with to use himself towards a solo profession that started in 2017 with the discharge of his debut effort Geneology.  

His new solo single “You’re the One for Me” is a triumph in additional methods than one. He’s lately undergone radiation therapy on his vocal cords and the downtime necessitated by such procedures. The brand new single, nonetheless, serves discover that Gene O isn’t permitting such challenges to undo the creative progress he’s made at each stage of his musical journey. Famend for his willingness to include assorted strains into his songwriting, akin to Latin and R&B influences, “You’re the One for Me” finds him working in a pleasant country-rock vein that he tackles with the identical adroit talent defining his work as a complete.

The one generates spectacular vitality from the beginning. “You’re the One for Me” rides a brisk tempo with out Gene O ever dashing the track’s results. The place many listeners will hear a country-rock tinge coloring the monitor, others could hear a straight-ahead pop track; it actually doesn’t have a lot in the way in which of purist aspirations. Gene O’s songs reside issues, slightly than musical butterflies he’s pinned underneath glass.

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It boasts a wonderful construction. Eager-eared listeners will gravitate to small however important particulars such because the percussive piano fill previous the track’s bridge by seconds as proof of how little twists within the association give the track an understated aptitude. The refrain and bridge are distinctive. They strike the suitable word for the general spirit of the composition and Gene O handles such moments masterfully.

You gained’t discover any prolonged instrumental breaks. A wonderful supporting forged serves Gene O fairly properly, nonetheless, with excellent musicianship at each flip. The layered sound achieved by the ensemble is wealthy with out ever sounding overwhelming and the manufacturing permits every of the track’s disparate elements ample room to breathe. The efficiency, nonetheless, isn’t diffuse. Gene O and his cohorts are attentive to the nuances of interaction from starting to finish.

You may’t assist however hail Gene O’s means to assist an apparent freshness in his efficiency model after such an extended profession. Nor are you able to assist however admire the track’s buoyancy within the face of his ongoing difficulties. “You’re the One for Me” could also be, nominally, a love track Gene O directs at an object of his need, but it surely’s in the end about one thing bigger, extra intangible. It’s about persevering with to affirm life’s prospects slightly than shutting the door.

Gene O isn’t able to relaxation. We shouldn’t be prepared both. His new single “You’re the One for Me” sparkles with the enjoyment of creation and holds up underneath repeating hearings. It reveals Gene O is way from completed and that’s trigger for rejoicing. 

Mindy McCall