Dylan Charles Channelled a Hurricane of Soul into His Americana Rock Hymn ‘Strong at Heart’

Resilience became so much more than a buzzword in Dylan Charles’ rendered-with-soul release, Strong At Heart, which comes from a painful place of understanding how hard it is to muster fortitude as you watch your personal world and society crumble around you. Strong at Heart hits like a storm breaking through silence, and in its aftermath, leaves the kind of clarity only a hard-fought solace can offer. The sonic equivalent of putting the top down and breathing in the catharsis of sun-soaked scenery breezing past you, Strong at Heart is a soul-stirring, heart-warming rendition. When the female vocalist joins Dylan Charles shortly before modernism meanders through the arrangement through sweetly strobing synths, you’d be hard pressed not to emotively react to the affecting, on every level, resolve of the release. I almost don’t want to spoil the surprise of the electrifyingly sanctifying crescendo as strident vocals collide with soaring guitar solos that tear through the atmosphere as a final burst of intensity. As a recovering addict and lifelong observer of human fragility, Dylan Charles writes from the places most would rather ignore. His music is more than introspective—it’s physical. He sings like he’s lived every lyric to the bone. The NYC-based indie […] The post Dylan Charles Channelled a Hurricane of Soul into His Americana Rock Hymn ‘Strong at Heart’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

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Resilience became so much more than a buzzword in Dylan Charles’ rendered-with-soul release, Strong At Heart, which comes from a painful place of understanding how hard it is to muster fortitude as you watch your personal world and society crumble around you. Strong at Heart hits like a storm breaking through silence, and in its aftermath, leaves the kind of clarity only a hard-fought solace can offer. The sonic equivalent of putting the top down and breathing in the catharsis of sun-soaked scenery breezing past you, Strong at Heart is a soul-stirring, heart-warming rendition. When the female vocalist joins Dylan Charles shortly before modernism meanders through the arrangement through sweetly strobing synths, you’d be hard pressed not to emotively react to the affecting, on every level, resolve of the release. I almost don’t want to spoil the surprise of the electrifyingly sanctifying crescendo as strident vocals collide with soaring guitar solos that tear through the atmosphere as a final burst of intensity. As a recovering addict and lifelong observer of human fragility, Dylan Charles writes from the places most would rather ignore. His music is more than introspective—it’s physical. He sings like he’s lived every lyric to the bone. The NYC-based indie […]

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