Feeling of Fall - Look at what you had

Feeling of Fall

Look at what you had
​self-released; 2022

3.8 out of 5

By Jamie Funk

Feeling of Fall is a solo project from Sydney Australia. The artist is a multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass, uke, mandolin, drums, Irish flute, whistle, uilleann pipes and is working on cello and violin as well. He also released Look at what you had which is a four-song EP. The artist mentions “The name for the EP Look at what you had came from the cover art a painter friend of mine did for me. The concept was a bull, representing the bull market, with all the wealth in the world looking over its shoulder at a burning field with nowhere to run to. Kind of describes the state of the world in my mind.”

The first song is entitled “Facegod” and starts with acapella and then goes into a section with strummed guitar, percussion and what sounds like a woodwind instrument. It sounds like music that could be used in a movie like Braveheart. In fact once the vocals come in the mood is thematic. The vocals have a painted sort of baritone somewhere between Tom Waits and Nick Cave. It’s a very cool and dynamic song that has this orchestral vibe type of flavor. The song according to the artist , “Are some of my observations on how social media is taking over our lives and in many ways restricting what we can and can't do.”

“Breaking” starts with emotive vocals and piano. This is a slow burn of a ballad that gets epic and thematic. The artist knocks it out of the park in regards to how the vocals get more intense. There’s also a soaring guitar, some beautiful classical guitar and other instrumentation I found compelling.

“Powerless Paralyzed” is a dynamic rock song. The vocals are even more expressive here and sounds like a different person at points. I thought the guitars sound huge on this song which is backed by a steady but hard hitting beat. The lyrics are powerful especially when he repeats the phrase “Do nothing or do it all.”

“Bed of Razors” starts with harmonica and piano. This  is an unexpected combo I loved. Other instruments quickly follow and the song becomes thematic. There’s some exceptional sounding classical guitar. Similar to the previous songs the song gets epic at point. You even get some falsetto on this song.

​The artist as a vocalist has a lot of range and in fact I felt like there were multiple singers on this release. Just as impressive is the way he puts together instruments. I found Look at what you had” highly original and novel and it made the songs exciting. Take a listen.

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