Live guitars, live keys, live vocals – live visuals to reinforce the realness – authenticity rings loud, alongside great songwriting, as Johnny Minkley delivers the catchy hook, poetry, and anthemic power of Forever Falling.
All at once intimate and vast, Forever Falling feels honest and vulnerable, but also uplifting and near euphoric at its peak. The song is romantic, reflective, metaphorical, and the melody is simple and satisfying in unison – short lines that rise and fall like waves of familiar comfort and understanding.
The soundscape gathers momentum, different guitar lines, acoustic and electric, intertwine and build momentum throughout an energetic arrangement. All the while, this one-man-band Johnny Minkley continues to engage and impress, with a performance skill and evocative purity that are compelling in their humanity and heart.
If ever there was a perfect or essential time to embrace musicianship, the organic talent and unplugged skills that artists have honed over many years, it’s categorically now. Just take a quick glance at what’s being uploaded to streaming platforms in bulk, each and every day. We need to step back, and appreciate the work and emotion that goes into making real music, unassisted and unpretentious.
Johnny Minkley brings the structure, the tune, the passion, the purpose, and even the guitar solo, to recapture a timeless genre, whilst introducing a fresh take on a situation and story that reads like poetry. And it sounds great.
“Distant dreams don’t control us. Deleted scenes, forever falling from our hearts.”
Download or stream Forever Falling. Find Johnny Minkley on Instagram.
