Lloyd Mark Sutton - Trim the Sails
Folk, Americana, Alternative
Texas, United States
Overall Impression: Likening sudden and unavoidable life changes to nautical navigations through swirling maelstroms, Trim The Sails pairs Lloyd Mark Sutton's emotionally weighted acoustic strumming and warmly melancholic vocals with ponderous fiddle work and subtle banjo to deliver an intimately organic original Folk experience!
Strongest Point(s): Lloyd Mark Sutton's poetic lyrics form the foundation for the entire song - very well crafted and displaying a compelling blend of enigmatic metaphor alongside plainly stated emotional reflection, perfectly enabling listeners to connect with the strong writing and project themselves into the narrative. The intimacy achieved by Sutton's vocal deliveries and harmonically dense guitar strumming gains a dramatic boost from David Holcomb's fiddle work - as the melodic lines weave in and out of the vocal melodies in a way that echoes the convergences and divergences of waking life. Solid sound and great structure!
Target Audience Appeal: Listeners with an appreciation for homegrown Folk stylings and emotionally intimate sonic spaces will find Lloyd Mark Sutton's sound to be irresistible - with the lyrical content and overall feel of Trim The Sails offering a strikingly well-written and deeply relatable appeal to the discerning! Musically spanning the space between Folk and Americana, fans of acoustic instrumentation and heartfelt lyrical reflections should find themselves personally impacted by Trim The Sails.
Artist target suggestions: Gregory Alan Isakov, Iron & Wine, Houndmouth, Shakey Graves, Shovels & Rope, James Taylor, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, River Whyless, Andrew Bird, John Prine, Joan Baez
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About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. Working with musicians and their individual sounds is his passion and profession, and he strives to interact with and understand every aspect of the production process - from theory and songwriting to recording and mastering. He continues to teach students of all ages and is currently collaborating with artists in a wide variety of genres.