A new release from The Eighth Wonder delivers such honesty and lush personality that you can't turn away from this very unique and one-on-one style performance as it comes with memorable hooks and melodies from both the guitar and vocals and this connective feel.
"My Girl" is something of a love song and has this beautiful aesthetic to it that feels semi-lo-fi which gives it more of that sort of character and these are the aspects of the song that you get attached to right from the beginning.
There's something about how this track was recorded and performed that feels relatable. It feels warm and welcoming and the strangest way and it's something that I can't get enough of.
You can tell it came from someplace real of course and that makes it authentic and builds on that personality I mentioned earlier but, it's these melodies that stick in your head for hours or even days after the song has ended that really give the song that touch of pop undertone.
The track features live drums and guitars and a baritone-style vocal that is double-tracked to add some thickness to everything.
The guitar and vocal follow a certain melody a lot of the time and that's the part that gets embedded in your brain the most.
I miss songs with musical hooks so when I heard this one it made me very happy.
I feel like musical hooks are just as important as vocal ones. It's something that is missing from a lot of pop and rock music these days.
When you listen to this song you get a piece of the artist along with it. He's embedding himself in the song itself and it's so easy to get engulfed in this single.
This is actually somewhat of a double single release as it comes with a secondary song that's labeled as a demo called "Miss You".
The first track is about how he wants someone to be his girl and how he can give her the world if she lets him. The second track is of course about missing somebody.
So, if you put these two songs together, it's like a concept album where someone falls in love with someone and then misses them afterward.
There's more to read into than meets the eye, especially at first listen.
"Miss You" is a bit more of a raw-style recording which is probably why it's labeled as a demo. It has mainly just acoustic guitar and vocals, but it was probably something that needed to get out.
You can tell this is an artist who has no problem letting those inner thoughts spill right out for all to hear and I find that unique and refreshing because I think music like this needs a level of honesty to it to really work properly.
When you listen to songs like this you want to relate to it and a lot of us can when we listen to these songs.
They are created to feel personal and that's exactly how they come across.
After listening to these tracks and falling into them, I took it upon myself to listen to other releases from The Eight Wonder. I'm certainly glad that I did because I came across an amazing EP released earlier this year called Harry's Letters which displayed a bit of a different vibe, different production style, and some outside the box songwriting that felt great.
This one was different and had some amazing guitar work as well as still bringing some of that honesty that is a staple of this project.
Listening through to the back catalog of releases, I got a better idea of who this artist is and where he's coming from with his music.
There are some different approaches to the songwriting throughout the catalog, but you have, indie rock, indie pop, bedroom pop and so much more to soak in and I would strongly suggest doing so because there are a slew of releases starting in 2023.
I suggest maybe starting with these releases and working way back through the catalog because it's definitely more than worth your time.
This whole project has a unique sound that to me, was very refreshing, and honest, and displays different sides of emotion and inner thought that all gives that character.
An outstanding project overall, take a deep dive into The Eighth Wonder and you'll see exactly what I mean.
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