“This Old Road” embraces vocal consistency and champions instrumental variation, allowing listeners to simultaneously align with familiarity and anticipate change. Vocally, the song from Toy Poets features harmonization that endearingly exposes a vulnerability as it uses travel down an old road as a metaphor - people tend to walk it along, but “what’s it going to take for you to walk by me?”.
Instrumentally, “This Old Road” is skillfully nuanced, almost challenging a listener to replay the song in order to focus on the different contributions. We recommend that you accept the challenge. Even before the harmonization begins, the song features acoustic guitars, a mysterious drone, and evidence that the rhythm section will play a significant role. Two minutes in, “This Old Road” is nudged from its acoustic mode by the introduction of an electric guitar. The acoustic mode returns, but is interrupted again at 3:15. This time, the electric guitar is more intricate and delicate.
Toy Poets is based in Santa Barbara, California. Finding more information about the band is not an easy task. That will change - soon.
Update: The members of Toy Poets and their contributions to "This Old Road" are Kutan Katas (synthesizer, percussion, vocals), Alex Van Valen (solo guitar, vocals), Kevin Mahany (rhythm guitar, vocals), Zach Malek (bass), Trevor Dudley (vocals), and Christian Burnias (vocals, shaker). The track was produced by Kutan Katas.
Update: The members of Toy Poets and their contributions to "This Old Road" are Kutan Katas (synthesizer, percussion, vocals), Alex Van Valen (solo guitar, vocals), Kevin Mahany (rhythm guitar, vocals), Zach Malek (bass), Trevor Dudley (vocals), and Christian Burnias (vocals, shaker). The track was produced by Kutan Katas.
“This Old Road” by Toy Poets
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