The Road We Chose By Curtis Macdonald

 

The Road We Chose

By

Curtis Macdonald

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

I have long been a fan of Curtis Macdonald, his creations always paint vivid pictures within the mind’s eye, his compositional structures manifest clever views on a positive narrative, sometimes on a thoughtful structure, and today on this brand new album entitled The Road We Chose, we have a more reflective gaze that we can take in and enjoy.

I can remember back as far as 2002 and the album Crossing, this release began my journey with the artist, one of melodious keyboard structured pop with a chillout vibe, and now here on the new offering we have that signature percussive lounge beat, coupled with a very moody and introspective theme, as we travel the road less travelled, and are fortunate enough to have a little retrospectivity on hand through the journey as well.

This voyage of reflection with a beat starts with the proud title track The Road We Chose, a composition with a slow but certain build crafted to gain that soundtrack or television theme style, and it works superbly.

The album itself is 9 tracks of some of the smoothest creations in this genre you are likely to find, like the bubbly and effervescent Change on the Horizon, a track that contains a dance like beat with swirling keyboards all mixed into a beautiful pastiche, and reminds me of music from the Buddha Bar collection of albums back in the early part of this century.

There are more electronic pieces like the fascinating Designing Life, a track that dances with the keyboard narrative and swims around a vibrant percussion, then we can enjoy reveries akin to The Depth of Our Distraction, an evenly paced manifestation with a backdrop of a keyboards that seems to pose questions for us to ponder upon, whilst songs like the penultimate creation entitled It is Never Farewell, build the energy up to a flowing tale, and in doing so, bring through the medium of the keyboards and tempting beat, a musical appreciation for a new reality found.

The release concludes with Clear Skies, this is a fascinating piece, it has a light funk element mixed with a smooth jazz vibration, and with the keyboards it manifests a clever backdrop of a vast vista of possibilities before us, what a sublime way with which to finish the album with indeed.

The Road We Chose by Curtis Macdonald is a sure fire hit without a shadow of a doubt, one that catches the artist in a more reflective mode, and that is a beautiful thing to create, as it shows intelligence and a willingness to embrace a deep artistic crafted reality. This is an album that is simply impossible to deny and all too easy to embrace, and as such a huge hit must be on the way for The Road We Chose by Curtis Macdonald. 

You can check out the album here: https://ampl.ink/Ov2xR