Adrian Krygowski
Roam
Reviewed by Stephen Krock
Once in a while, there comes a voice that is so instantly classic and unique that you feel like you’ve been hearing it for years. Adrian Krygowski has one of those voices. It makes you feel like it can make the lame walk and the blind men see. A Dylan-esque drawl that playfully scratches the tummy of your soul. And he uses it with expertise on his upcoming LP, Roam.
He opens with the painfully good “Roam,” where his alluring guitar hooks synchronize with his pleading wails to “leave the things that you’ve lost in the fire” when there’s “nothing left to surround you / nothing at all.” It’s a sad, but ultimately hopeful, track that leads into the old country barroom anthems, “Ohio” and “Jack of Diamonds.” Krygowski travels further west in the bluesy “Wisconsin,” begging us to cry on his shoulder and “don’t say you’re sad it’s over.” The LP continues with tracks that are just as stripped down, light on production, heavy on emotion and power. While the guitar work is wonderfully subtle and good, it’s hands down the voice that carries the piece.
Rating: Bad-ass
