I've reviewed SomeKindaWonderful on this blog, when I reviewed their single/mash-up, "The Problematics", that they made with Ratatat. I really fell in love with them after I saw them open for New Politics on the Everywhere I Go Tour; they sort of showed me what a band should be like live. Jordy, their lead singer, performs in a way that makes you sing, scream, and want to shake your ass (for lack of a better term). Sarah, backing vocals and percussion, is probably one of the hottest woman I have ever seen; I also am absolutely obligated to mention how amazingly talented she is. You wouldn't think that backing vocals are extremely important for a band, but when I have heard their songs without her in them they are so empty and sound like they have lost half of their soul. I have never heard a band that seems to mix blues, folk, rock, and even a bit of a rap-like sound all together so seamlessly.
This is the first official single that SomeKindaWonderful has released since their self-titled album, which came out in June of last year. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect with their second album, because there has been a lot of rumors about drama inside of and involving the band; they absolutely blew me away with this single. I always try to separate everything I hear about a band and its members from the music they make, so I honestly couldn't care less what is going on with the band (though that changes if there is a chance that their music, the make-up of the band, or the complete existence of the band itself could be affected). All I care about is that SomeKindaWonderful makes good music and I fucking love them for it.
"Wait for Me" is a more mellow song than what I have become accustom to hearing from SKW in the past, but this is one of the cases where change is good. When there is less of an instrumental aspect to their music, you can really hear the feelings and soulfulness in Jordy's voice. I feel like when there is a more overbearing sound to their instruments you can't get the full meaning and emotion that is present in his lyrics. Jordy Towers is one of the few singers that make me melt just with the sound of their voice; in the company of other greats: Michael Hutchence, Brendon Urie, Christopher Whitehall, and Soren Hansen (personally I believe that is perfectly good company).
I hope SomeKindaWonderful will keep making for many, many years. Everything about their music makes me happy; they have that indescribable quality you only find once in a blue moon- you feel like you are meant to hear them and you feel like they were made just for you, your ears only. I'm not sure if anyone else has felt what I just described, but it's the perfect, yet most disconcerting feeling I have ever felt- you are so happy you found them, but you still don't know why you're feeling it and why you don't feel it with every other band you hear. SomeKindaWonderful are amazing, special, and absolutely beautiful; I will stand by that statement for as long as I live.
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