A twangy rock captivation shows on “Queen of a Small Town,” an engaging new track from Ryan Edward Kotler with an “on the road” disposition — depicting lost highways and a “leave this place tomorrow, if I did not feel so alone” sense of anticipation. Kotler’s vocals emit a conversational narrative styling — honest in moments like “not a perfect person, and never said I was” — alongside suavely poetic sentiments, reminiscent of Bob Dylan in its poetic devices and tonal flow.
“The games you play someday will come around to play with you,” Kotler’s vocals let out amidst bluesy guitar sweltering and warming backing organs, sly and clever in their lyrical output — alluding to a reckoning for those with not-so-honest intentions, and overall stirring in its character-laden and road-traversing introspection. “Queen of a Small Town” is a stirring success from Ryan Edward Kotler.
