Recorded at Wilco’s Loft with Tom Schick and touting a memorable alt-rock sound, Dreaming is a full-length standout from The Youngers. The album blends layered 12-string guitars and harmonica with gritty American songwriting, utilizing nostalgic textures while exploring emotional urgency, the nature of how some things never last, and the perseverance required to navigate life’s tumult.

Opening the album in rousing form, “The Deal” achieves an invigorating guitar-led sound, where heartfelt twangs and jangly undercurrents intertwine. “I better sit back, and take a rest,” suave vocals emerge, with expressions of fatigue and personal tumult pairing with reminders that all things pass… hopefully. “Shimmering Girl” also delights, its power-pop guitar glistening and warming harmonica leading into memorable vocal introspection, strutting the band’s knack for relatable, heart-on-sleeve charm — here reminding fondly of The Band in its throwback allure.

“Worrying” is another gem, venturing from twangy intrigue into a confessional vocal ardor. “I lost my hand today, can’t win ’em all. Think I’ll take the long way home,” vocals resonate, capturing the ebbs and flows of life as rollicking guitars, bouncy bass, and steady rhythms propel a tale of perseverance and gritty truth — remarking how things never tend to last, and some things are simply as they are. “Don’t worry, pretty darling, leave the worrying to me,” a hooky reassurances moves in, followed by a riveting, lively guitar solo. The album is full of excellent songwriting, and “Worrying” is certainly amongst them. Dreaming is an immersive full-length success from The Youngers.

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“Worrying” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.

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