An exploration of “emotional wreckage and stillness” following personal tumult, “Tornado Alley” is a resonating track from Reeves. A textured folk-rock sound intrigues throughout the track, which comes ahead of Reeves’ debut album, out this spring. The project of Atlanta-based artist and songwriter Blake Wiggins, Reeves presents an emotively gripping sound here — filled with admissions like “I’d be better if I leave” that evolves into the “I bought a house in Tornado Alley … So I guess I gotta stay” culmination.
Beautiful layers of acoustic guitar drives into Reeves’ warming vocal presence. “Lock the door when your voice gets loud, hit the floor every time it comes around,” he lets out, ascending in tone upon the “unprepared when the wind storm came” rise — using house-like stability in the context of personal strife. The evolving instrumentation, from trickling acoustics to twangy layers, pairs with a heartfelt lyrical disposition for a sincere success from Reeves.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
