Dylan Pyles - "A Train Called Solitude" LP
DYLAN PYLES - “A TRAIN CALLED SOLITUDE” LP
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Through the country-tinged tang of melancholic-twang, Dylan Pyles’ third release via Manor Records, “A Train Called Solitude”, dusts off the worn seat next to you, sits down, and offers solace in being alone together. Each track possesses an understanding only found through a true-blue introspection that is seldom recognized.
Comfortably sad, you’ll hear of small moments like opening a window on a rainy day, turning off the porch light, pressing a leaf in a book in addition to all of the big moments like meeting the firework-Busch Light-Speed Stick-smelling devil, finding the difference between want and need, or learning change. Pyles’ voice carries an immense amount of emotion, instilling that each moment is equally important.
Instrumentally and rhythmically diverse, you’ll find each guitar lick, snare hit, and cymbal crash carries its own unique sentiment you’ll hold long after the song ends. Furthermore, bright and solemn piano makes a home in “Glossolalia” while “A Train Called Solitude” broadcasts a train whistle so lonesome you want to hop on its railwagon just to give it some company.
Full to the brim of beautiful aloneness, tracks like “If I Love the Feeling”, “Talkin’ to the Walls”, and “Bow Out the Candles” show you the value in clarity only derived from self-reflection. On the other hand, “Ten Thousand Houses”, “Unity Temple”, and “Orders to the Morning” also contemplate other relationships and what emerges from them.
Throughout the record, Pyles helps you accept this train called solitude, those aboard, what it carries with it, and the notion that you are just along for the ride. Genre-bending, emotion-entwining, and ever-pondering, “A Train Called Solitude” gifts its passengers a rare closeness in understanding we’re all alone together.
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Review by ::
Skylar Rochelle
Manor Co-Organizer & Blog Editor
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