TD Lind - Let's Get Lost

  by Malcolm Carter

published: 22 / 4 / 2007

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Review

The debut album from TD Lind follows on after the single ‘Come In From The Cold’, plucked from this collection, and the fact that neither that song nor the download ‘Radio Proposal’ are the strongest cuts or even the most radio-friendly songs among the thirteen songs here says a lot about the quality of the other songs. The album opens with the aforementioned ‘Radio Proposal’ and although some of the songs on the album are produced by Rupert Hine this particular track along with some others is self-produced. The tracks that Hine, a producer and musician of some note, had a hand in shaping are, as expected, fairly big productions, which take no time at all to get into your head. But for the relatively unknown Lind to produce, and produce so beautifully this opening song is a more than pleasant surprise. It’s a throwback in sound in a lot of ways to the sounds of the 70's. No, not the punk sound that ruled for a fairly short period way back then, but the perfectly crafted sound of mature pop music which was also popular at that time and which for some years has been unfashionable. Thankfully these things come round again and Lind has all the makings, just on the evidence of this one song to be a major player in bringing back those glorious melodic sounds and updating them for 2007. What makes it even more amazing is that Lind is listed as playing all the instruments on this song. Producer, writer and multi-musician; almost too good to be true. For all the feelings of the music of the past that his sound conveys Lind has a unique vocal style. It’s practically impossible to compare his vocals to any other artist from days gone or even his contemporaries, Lind really does have a vocal style all of his own which is very unusual in these times. It’s not that he has an exceptionally different vocal style it’s just that to try to compare it is useless. One doesn’t even hear obvious traces of other singers in his vocals. It’s a warm, smooth voice and one that seems able to tackle any challenge thrown at it. But while his vocals, exceptional as they are, might not bring initial thoughts of Lind being the greatest vocalist you have ever heard, his song writing will certainly have you thinking that English-born Lind is certainly one of the most talented artists you have heard in a long, long while. His song writing skills really are exceptional. There is not a dud or dull song on this album. While not every song will be to everyone’s taste, just now ‘Last Kiss’ is my least favourite song on the album, that’s not to say it’s a bad song, just that there is too much going on in the song for it to work as well as the others. While Lind’s vocals are as impressive as ever, the song sounds like it has been plucked from a stage show, nothing wrong in that, of course, but placed nearly half way through the album it somehow interrupts the flow of the album. But it’s followed by the heart-breaking ballad ‘Milestone’, apart from some subtle strings arranged by Hine it’s just Lind’s voice and guitar and an undoubted highlight of the album. Lind seems to hop through many genres without actually spending time in any particular camp. While the common thread of strong, solid melodic songs runs through all these tracks there is for example, dobro, vibes and treated vocals on the single ‘Come In From The Cold’ which is much better in the album version than the ‘radio edit’ featured on the single. This is followed on the album by the gospel influenced ‘Jesus Christ’ which in turn is followed by ‘I’m Not Worried’ a bluesy-pop ballad which again shows that Lind is an exceptional singer and just how versatile he is. This is an exceptional debut album and one that will stand the test of time. Surely wider recognition is only a short question of time when it concerns a talent like TD Lind.

Track Listing:-

1 Radio Proposal
2 Falling
3 Let's Get Lost
4 Her
5 Last Kiss
6 Milestone
7 One Fine Day
8 Come In From the Cold
9 Jesus Christ
10 I'm Not Worried
11 A Bird Flew
12 I Don't Miss You
13 Disco Boat