Celebratory pop rock with a hazy nostalgic mix – Alexander Beresford writes melodies and songs from the heart, throughout the likes of his single Don’t Break My Heart.
Joyful guitar riffs and chord patterns, all openly sharing the D major space, back up distant and often undecipherable vocals, as the eighties-esque tone and optimism of Don’t Break My Heart introduces the old school dreamy-pop and rock sound of Beresford.
It’s an arrangement that runs through almost like a trip hop or dance track would, subtle shifts in the set-up adding breaks within, but nothing so familiar as a simple verse-chorus build.
This style continues to ring loud throughout Beresford’s collection, the female voice a tad more clean-cut but soaked in echoing reverb, for the mellow and cinematic mood-setter From You.
Here the drum-line lifts the mood, the guitar playing and synths, the structural choices, all again fitting the mold, but offering a slightly lower-to-mid-paced sense of progression. There’s also a much-welcomed guitar solo to switch things up, and the track again delivers that cinematic quality to really take listeners back to a simpler era.
For Love Will Never Die, the conceptual, vocal and stylistic threads of Alexander Beresford’s music are set in stone, here the eighties vibe excelling for its celebratory and ethereal warmth and hopefulness. The concept is relatable, inspiring and uplifting, and the arrangement washes over like a dream designed to enhance those same qualities. The intensity of the mix rises humbly throughout, promising a clear highlight from the collection so far.
The unmistakable arrangement style goes on, as You Know Me heightens the presence of the leading instrumental and places the vocal all the more dreamily amidst the outer layers. The song again celebrates love, unity and oneness – the belief in better and the fact that dreams do so often come true. It’s an hypnotic production, chaotic at times but also somehow gentle and enchanting. The style is unmistakable once it’s crossed your path.
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