Pop band The Dip’s album “Sticking With It” was released on March 4. With a medley of tragic and upbeat lyrics and instrumentation, the album encapsulates classic soul with a new spin. Photo fair use of Grateful Web
The Dip’s detailed attention to 60’s soul influences in their March 4 album “Sticking With It” will entice listeners of all kinds, as a pristinely soulful and emotionally dynamic pop album.
Jazz and soul-inspired pop band The Dip’s new album “Sticking With It,” released on March 4, will delight listeners with another well-crafted embodiment of the band’s refined retro yet youthful music.
Like most of the seven-piece ensemble’s music, this 11-song album continues to highlight the nostalgic, intricately soulful inflections of vocalist and guitarist Tom Eddy’s voice, which will mesmerize listeners.
With consistently skillful and meticulous layers of jazzy horns, a jumpy drumbeat and swaying background vocals, The Dip shows a deeper understanding of classic influences such as Al Green and Sam Cooke. This builds an even grander retro atmosphere, showcasing an approach that could lead The Dip to skyrocket in popularity.
In simple, timeless lyrics repeated throughout some songs such as in “When You Lose Someone”, “Crickets” and “Real Contender,” Eddy packs depth into the emotions expressed, soaking them in the technical perfection of old Motown to invigorating young listeners.
The mood of The Dip’s music is consistently magical in its ability to reinvent classic soul sound, with novelties lying in its varying paces and tones.
Compared to some of their most popular previous songs such as “Adeline” and “Sure Don’t Miss You”, which are consistently upbeat and cheerful, “Sticking With It” features a generally wider range of tempos and emotions — some songs have smiling beats, while many others explore the depths of slower sadness, which is especially notable in the slow and soft “Eye to Eye” and “Anyway.”
Die-hard fans of The Dip will sing their hearts out to either kind of song, but the spirit of these new songs is even more special due to the band’s ability to beautifully merge seemingly clashing tones and lyrics, such as the sad but accepting lyrics about grief paired with a more uplifting melody in the song “When You Lose Someone.”
The mood of The Dip’s music is consistently magical in its ability to reinvent classic soul sound, with novelties lying in its varying paces and tones.
Many songs build a specific atmosphere through various elements, but The Dip’s timeless anthems of aching love lyrics and instrumentation will transport listeners back to the soul heart of the 60’s.
A fitting addition to their burgeoning collection of nostalgic works, “Sticking With It” will have listeners of all kinds on a whirlwind of happiness and heartache through this dynamic conglomeration of lovable soulful layers and wondrously vintage beats.
