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“Wildchild is another clever title — on the surface, it’s pretty much the opposite of what anyone would expect from Warren in terms of his vocal personality.”
“(He shouldn’t bother writing break-up songs at all; his heart doesn’t seem to be in them, and it shows.) It’s too soon to tell where Alex Warren might go from here, but the sincere warmth of Wildchild makes you want to root for him.”
“He’s inspired by the death of his father, who gave him the nickname “Wildchild” growing up, and by marrying the love of his life.”
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“But the world can never get enough of them, which helps him get over in tunes like “Fine Place to Die” or “Fever Dream” — he leads with the heart, which is definitely the smartest strategy for him.”
“His biggest strength, as on the first album, is writing happy love songs, celebrating passionately enduring relationships between adults who (gasp) like each other.”
““Wildchild” is his touching farewell to his father — his dad’s favorite star was John Mayer , so Warren brings in Mayer to play a guitar solo, which adds a level of real-life poignance.”
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“But there’s plenty of emotional turbulence in his life story, and he isn’t shy about digging deeper into that on his second album.”
“As he declared in his credo of a hook, “We’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” It was a song that dared you to roll your eyes at it, but then made it feel stupid and obvious to do so.”
“It’s the positive love songs that bring out his eye for narrative details, like missing the sight of her “shoes on the steps” in “Last Time,” or the line in “Emerald Eyes” where he’s “sweating through the sheets like it’s summer ’19.” That kind of detail says so much more than cliches about angels or clouds.”
“That’s why “Ordinary” is going to be a wedding song until your grandkids are getting divorced.”
“The ordinariness of it was the whole point — which is how it built up into the monster universal hit it became.”