ryan power
Ryan Power is my favorite undiscovered gem of modern American pop music. Its almost laughable how brilliant his songs are and the fact that no one has yet to release his music. Its a very embarrassing experience for me to hear Ryans music live, as I inevitably end up crying in the way that I imagine Ill cry on my wedding day, or when my first child is born. His music manages to both stimulate my inner music geek with his adventurous orchestrations and imaginative arrangements while at the same time cutting straight through my brain directly to my emotional center.
Hearing Ryan Powers music along with a few others (Early Blonde Redhead, The Descendents,) strongly assisted me in moving out of my Bebop Police phase in high school, opening me back up to the full spectrum of music. **I Dont Want To Die** is his newest release that to me, is his most brutally honest record to date. Ive already listened to **Mondo Rush** a couple hundred of times. It is simply a masterpiece pop song, while still having elements of extreme strangeness lurking in the background, which is what I love about Ryans songs. Its still uncompromising music even though some of the songs have extreme pop appeal. Ryan should be on the same short list as Syd Barrett, Jim ORourke, and Brian Wilson as important songwriters of their respective generations.
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