Dominant Legs
Posted by Alison on 04 November 2009
‘Dominant Legs’ is the explorative-pop project of San Franciscan Ryan William Lynch, making the kind of introspective, bleary-eyed songs that knock even the most cynical, for six. His inquisitive melodies are stranded somewhere between the bold strokes of cheery synth pop and the abstractly liberating; like the playful experimentalism of Arthur Russell with flecks of Ariel Pink’s dreamy atmospherics. Songs like ‘Young at Love and Life’ work like the awkward ramblings of a first date, jittering along with scratchy guitars and layered with Lynch’s self-conscious vocals. Wrapped in the shadowy backing vocals of Helen Hunt it’s the sense of sincerity and tenderness that really makes these tracks stick.
Download ‘Young at Love and Life’ here …
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