Andrew X has been within the enterprise of being a singer/songwriter for a minute now, and he’s placing all the things he’s discovered as a troubadour to work for him in “Miracles,” a brand new single and music video that’s presently out all over the place unbiased music is bought and streamed. Approaching his verses with a tempered, classically 80s pop aesthetic, Andrew shies away from experimentation in favor of sticking with what he is aware of greatest in “Miracles,” and it’s the viewers that winds up reaping all of the rewards of his efforts when all the things is alleged and finished. There have been scores of nice indie pop/rock releases making waves this summer season, however for purity, there’s no trumping this latest dispatch.  

This monitor has an superior stream that feels nearly like a stay efficiency greater than it does a normal studio recording, and equally to the songs it’s joined by on this scene as of late, “Miracles” doesn’t embody any of the standard artificialities which have turn out to be commonplace in new music as we speak. There are not any bells and whistles on the guitar elements, nor are there any beefed-up elements on the backend to create the phantasm of spaciousness within the composition. Andrew doesn’t want any of those fanciful methods to make an enormous impression right here; contrarily, I believe that sort of fluff would simply get in his means in a monitor like “Miracles,” which is designed round a reasonably simplistic idea somewhat than a very progressive one.  

Lyrically talking, I believe this track may characterize probably the most weak look that we’ve ever seen Andrew X undertake in a studio recording. It’s apparent that he isn’t holding something again together with his verses right here, and for each sterling band of melodic ribbonry that the guitar elements emit, the following concord appears to replicate all the emotion the phrases are attempting so desperately to precise to us. Andrew isn’t using linguistics as an unique technique of imparting his narrative to us in “Miracles;” as a substitute, he’s using just about each genuine weapon at his disposal while adhering to a stripped-down aesthetic that doesn’t enable for overindulgence in any situation – particularly when coping with a ballad like this one.  

For followers of huge harmonies and the mighty custom of basic pop-rock, Andrew X’s “Miracles” is a grand slam that can’t afford to be missed this August, and I’m not the one critic remarking as a lot proper now. Whether or not planning to take action or not, this singer/songwriter raised the bar for himself and the scene that spawned him with the discharge of this new single this summer season, and although it tells us quite a bit about how a lot Andrew is rising as an artist, it tells us much more about the place he’s planning to take his music sooner or later. There’s extra to this man than a easy need to take affect from the very best components of the Nineteen Eighties pop handbook, and you’ll inform as a lot simply from the way in which he emotionally croons to the viewers right here. I’ll be sticking round for the continuing experience, and judging from the response this monitor is getting, so will the remainder of the indie pop underground.

Mindy McCall