Simple, snappy and satisfying acoustic blues music with a crisp, intimate and alluring live sound. Croatian artist and musician Les Ortegas proves that live acoustic skill and passion combined can easily captivate, inspire and uplift listeners, far more quickly and naturally than anything automatically generated or programmed.
The live capture of The Deal is superb, an easy acoustic groove evolving through compelling folk solos and a storytelling landscape that’s mysterious yet fitting for this kind of live Americana vibe. The raspy voice is ideal, and so to is the acoustic stomp of a groove, the harmonica in the distance, the carefully pairing of the fast-acoustic strumming pattern and the soaring acoustic solo alongside.
The Deal is a timeless acoustic folk-blues or folk-country experience, and there’s something fairly addictive about the structure, the emotional evolution from quiet contemplation to fully-loaded, soaring and passionate escapism, which will likely keep you coming back to listen time and time again.
Great riffs, nostalgic live acoustic music that ultimately achieves a full-band-sound and style that’s increasingly energising. The story is minimalist in detail and scenes, but that elusive approach helps the sound and lyrical venture present something quite unique to each new listener, and this in turn gifts The Deal all the more of a rewarding aura.
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