Holly Woodlove’s latest single ‘Run Back’ is an absolutely beautiful piece of indie rock that sounds vintage, warm, bustling, and just endlessly replayable.
Holly Woodlove is the solo musical outfit run by San Diego-based Alexander Dausch, who takes his DIY approach rather seriously, writing, recording, mixing, and mastering all aspects of his music by his own hands, blending analog tapes with digital recording equipment. The results are stupendously good, as can be heard on ‘Run Back’, with all its rich, guitar glory.
Starting with a wailing wall of vintage-sounded guitars, ‘Run Back’ immediately sets the tone for a rather timeless rock palette. Then, proceeding with a healthy song structure of well defined verses, choruses, and pre-choruses, ‘Run Back’ goes rather confidently through its moderate runtime, aided by the fantastic, rich, and colorful yelps of frontman -and everyman- Alexander Dausch, whose vision puts everything together very nicely. The guitars carry the brunt of the song’s arrangement, being gritty, overdriven, and endlessly jangly. An intricate layout too, with multiple layers delivering the song’s different parts, most notably the bending-based riff that opens the song, and the western-inspired figure that repeats in the background during the choruses, lending the song a particular surf vibe. Do not forget to pay very close attention to the fantastic synergy between the bass and drum parts. Groovy, locked-in, intricate, and massive.
‘Run Back’ is what can be called a simple, good time. A healthy rock song that’s passionately written and performed, Holly Woodlove effortlessly won me over with this one.
