A mere month after the onset of the storm that indie sensation Dan Cook’s debut, he’s following up with a second fiery single that is just as catchy, tight, and fun as his first. ‘Whiskey Kisses’ is a sizzling piece of indie rock that is ought to propel the fresh-faced artist even faster forward.
An English singer and songwriter based in Stockton-on-Tees, Dan Cook’s sound is properly infectious. His first single ‘When the Morning Comes’, having recently just hit its one-month anniversary, has surpassed the milestone of 100,000 streams on Spotify, which says something about how effectively catchy his sound is. A sound that he’s readily revisiting on ‘Whiskey Kisses’.
The fast-paced, indie rock stunner is a sophisticated, high-octane banger that benefits from Cook’s concise songwriting skills, as well as his soulful, impish vocals, and his witty, engaging lyrics. With engaging being a keyword for the music of the young, English songwriter, ‘Whiskey Kisses’ is a short, but loaded, trip. in its little-over-3 and a half minutes runtime ‘Whiskey Kisses’ manages to pull off rhythms, riffs, highs, and lows, all the while rocking solid grooves, belting memorable melodies, and championing some crisp, overdriven guitar lines and synth leads.
‘Whiskey Kisses’ is an energetic experience that’s unrelentingly confident, loud, and fun through each moment of its runtime. Displaying Dan Cook as the capable songwriter that he is, ‘Whiskey Kisses’ is here to push his name even more steadily to the frontlines of today’s indie rock landscape, and he could not be more deserving.
