This 6-song EP starts off with intense musicality & Noah has a splendid strong vocal that’s absorbing & well-recorded if not a little hot. But the drums are resounding & thud along with the guitar that purrs along like a diesel on the opening song “Don’t Break My Fall.”
There’s nothing new production or song-wise but that doesn’t always have to be the aim when the performance is genuinely saturated with enthusiasm & badass bass thumping that makes the listen a pleasure. Even the lighter moments in the showcase are blended well.
Cincinnati, Ohio singer-songwriter Noah Smith has a high-gear set of music that is neither wholly country-inflected nor rock n’ roll raw. It’s simply an enriched singer-songwriter set locked into a tight rhythmic flex tied together with finesse like the colors that adorn & hang from a well-muscled wrestler’s arms. All percolating on Cavaliers Into Cadillacs EP (Drops Nov 15/Independent).