This is the album from The Answer Page entitled Orca.
I love this because of the uncanny similarity of Nate McKee’s vocals to The Smiths, but is that a sin to say such a thing? I mean can we possibly replicate the androgynous sex god that is Morrissey?
Well, I can’t say that McKee is a copycat because does imbibe his own unique take with Orca. It’s a little grittier with The Two Trees and of course, being a total lyric whore, my detection of emotion per song can’t go unrecognized.
Beyond the “oh wow this is new” alert I’m giving you, the standout thing beyond all other deets is that McKee is a one man production machine. He not only learned every instrument on this album, he mastered it (and I mean that both figuratively and literally). If this doesn’t prove that you can do anything you set your mind to, and do it well, then I don’t know what does.
As McKee’s first album, you have to take hats, shoes, and jackets off for a solid effort and a personal sound, all the while maintaining the essence of shoegazing.
To think, if this is a creation of “learning as you go”, McKee might be living up to his namesake.
