Noah Whiteside is an artist who has made a name for himself in the Boston area as well as in the greater New England area over the past three years playing in a Boston based punk/rock band called Cook Bag. After reading that I wasn’t expecting such warm acoustics on his solo release entitled Now and Then. These songs are stripped back putting guitar and his vocals at the center of these songs.
The EP starts with “Only One” which is a short song under two minutes. This song is done in an Americana/folk style and I think that there might have been a mandolin in there as well. It’s bright and the kind of song that mixes melancholy and joy. “Midwest Girl” hits again on an Americana vibe. In fact the story is a classic tale of going back to where you were raised. The instrumentation is warm and soothing. It’s all very nostalgic and has a reflective sound. Whiteside sings “So you move to Michigan / And you fall in love again /Cause this big city is eating us alive / So you move to Michigan.” The next song “Now And Then” is actually much more pop-punk oriented. It’s the faster pace but also the way he delivered the vocals. That being said the song is in a similar vein to the previous songs. I thought the highlight was “I've Got Nothing.” The vocal harmonies sound great here and you would think by the title of the song it would be a mopey kind of song. That’s not the case when he sings “I've got nothing I've got nothing left I've got nothing left for you.” He seems to be celebrating the fact that this relationship is over and it’s time to move on. This is an EP with songs that aren’t trying to be anything they are not. The songs have no hidden meaning it seems to me. These are heartfelt songs about topics I think the majority of people can relate to. Take a listen.
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