"...your selfishness is shallow, we could help a hundred thousand..."
Let the mental splurge of 'Pane' by the very trippy Doc Backer wash over you and you might feel a bit confused as the synapses in your brain fire and your eyes dart back and forth. The track, an inspired mish mosh of 60's doo wop, 70's proto punk, 80's retro, 90's art rock, freak folk and more dazzles not only because of the sonics and the surprising turns but Doc's wild eyed lyrics and vocal countenance. I could not purport to know what the song is about and I haven't decided if the obtuse lyrics are poetic or just brilliant ID improvisations but they hook you into the fray.
"the window panes, the silver stains, they come in twos but never pairs, a clock that died, a boy that cared, some epic jazz, I swear the mountains stare, I swear the mountains stare..."
At one point in the song, there is a brilliant, beautiful instrumental break, a tonal emotional shift that feels like heartland rock, like Springsteen. I also thought about 'Blinded by the Light' by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and curiously Springsteen wrote that song (maybe I just have Springsteen on my brain). I love Doc's vocal aesthetic here, his voice gravelly and emotionally wrought. At a certain point in the performance, his persona feels surreal maybe pitched down (maybe not) and I felt a horror pop tone.
Vastly interesting track from Doc Backer's 2022 'Hope-A-Dope' album (he has released 2 others this year, such a slacker).
-Robb Donker Curtius
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DOC BACKER croons & wails over electronic-folk, broods & howls over dark pop jazz, raps & spits verses harder than any contemporary rapper of his generation, and makes bigger arena rock anthems than any band in the past 20 years. Song-to-song, every album is completely unpredictable — anything can & will happen.
Doc Backer, experimental, alt rock, indie rock, freak folk, folk indie, trippy lyrics, art punk, art rock, avant pop, 'Pane" Official Video, 'Hope-A-Dope',
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https://twitter.com/docbackermusic?s=21&t=657yT984zIZ7TaT-bxRfVg
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tXyKeOv9LiXg7qfVQKQm4?si=NgDYFlmtTH2UG88dl649Ig&nd=1
https://www.tiktok.com/@docbacker/
https://linktr.ee/docbacker
DOC BACKER croons & wails over electronic-folk, broods & howls over dark pop jazz, raps & spits verses harder than any contemporary rapper of his generation, and makes bigger arena rock anthems than any band in the past 20 years. Song-to-song, every album is completely unpredictable — anything can & will happen.
Doc Backer, experimental, alt rock, indie rock, freak folk, folk indie, trippy lyrics, art punk, art rock, avant pop, 'Pane" Official Video, 'Hope-A-Dope',
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