Succeeding in both its hazy contemplations and melodic rock twangs, “Highway Signs” is a memorable new track from GroovyDrewV, the project of Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter Drew Valera. “It’s a song about uncertainty, holding on when things feel like they’re slipping away, and the search for direction when the road ahead is blank,” he says.
“I sometimes wonder if it’s over, a dream that’s floating down the river,” his mellow vocals let out amidst subdued guitars and steady percussion, lamenting how “every year it’s getting colder.” A flourishing uptick in guitar vibrancy, with hints of The Strokes, arrives as Valera asks “is this the best that it gets?” while coming to the decision to “stick around.” The track excels in its hooky, guitar-forward rock crispness, authentically emotive while still being very approachable and replay-inducing.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
