Los Angeles based artist Micheal Fordays turns in a richly immersive artistic statement with his latest single “No Way Back” a genre transcending work of art. But there can be no doubt – this is a piece that oozes with purpose and no small dose of creative vision: the first strains of the live recorded tight bass/drum pocket is then paired with Fordays’ muscular but subtle guitar work that feels at once angular and acoustic, as well as gritty and electric.
His soulful, penetrating warmth radiates from his vocals, the words avoiding any over story telling for some profound introspection. “Why am I here? Who am I?” On ‘No Way Back’, the songwriting’s emotional resonance is undeniable, but it’s the alchemical production that finally takes the songwriting and the emotional intensity to the stratosphere of the transcendent. With Fordays and collaborator Dave Klein in the helm and each complementary piece – immaculate yet human drum performance, shimmering keyboard refrains and glimmers of ‘ear candy’ that dot the sonic landscape beautifully – all coming together for an enveloping experience of uncommon grace and intimacy.
The track itself as it does with effortless confluence of many influences into one unifying creative statement, seems to invoke an irreverent sense of the iconoclastic spirit of respected borderpounders The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Miles Davis. While Fordays’ modern artistry is defiantly individualistic, his earlier rawness meets the refined sophistication of a well seasoned singer songwriter, and for those who seek music free of reductive genre identifiers, ‘No Way Back’ is a masterwork of such singularly elevated pedigree. Micheal Fordays has turned uncompromising authenticity and intention into an offering that is both captivatingly primeval and transcendently futuristic. It is artistry of the highest order.
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