REVIEW: Bruce Sudano — Make the World Go Away (SINGLE)
There’s a lot more heat behind the lead vocal in the new single “Make the World Go Away” from Bruce Sudano this spring, but don’t think that it’s a complete departure from the singer/songwriter’s familiar style of funky indie rock. The pop undertow in this performance is rooted solely in the compositional structure of the piece; everything else is sleek, volatile, and at times a little more groove-laden than we’re expecting it to be.
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Like the fluid music video for the track, “Make the World Go Away” has the rhythm at the center of our attention here, begging for us to inch a little closer to the speakers in the name of getting a bit more intimate with the physicality of the music itself. This is a performer who has been around the block more than a couple of times, but instead of sounding a bit jaded from the seasons he’s weathered in this industry, Sudano strikes me as a man who still has a lot left to say in this single, if not the complete career that he’s looking at heading into yet another decade of fame and fortune from both critics and fans the same.
I like the growl of the guitars in this mix, and had there been more of an emphasis on the vocal, I don’t think that the danger element would be quite as strong in “Make the World Go Away” as it is in this instance. There’s something to be said about an arrangement that puts as much emphasis on the pressure as this one does, and although I’m a fan of minimalism as much as the next guy, the maxed-out feel of this chorus is perhaps the most enchanting element of the latter half of the single.
Sudano is someone who puts a lot of thought and detail into the strongest and weakest points of a performance alike, and it’s only through something like this that we’re able to get a feel for how much depth he has both in front of and behind the microphone. His production technique is already revered the world over by members of pretty much every musical class, but it’s the charisma with which he’s delivering his message in this song that leaves me with the strongest desire to sit down with his future works and review them as thoroughly as I have “Make the World Go Away”.
With this track, Bruce Sudano keeps his hot streak in the American underground burning without overstepping his creative boundaries in a way that too many of his peers have been in recent times. “Make the World Go Away” might have a little more spunk on the backend than what some pop fans are used to, but its fearlessness might be enough to garner some epic respect from across the board this season, which isn’t something new for this songwriter at all.
His experience is major and has a heady influence over everything we’re listening to in this single, but it’s also giving us quite the indication that Sudano isn’t satisfied staying where he’s at — and a song like “Make the World Go Away” is leading him into the future smoothly.
Colin Jordan
