Search - Adam Wyle :: Out of the Blue

This young man has examined, diagnosed and begun curing mode

Arthur Shuey | Wilmington, NC USA | 01/30/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Adam Wyle

Out of the Blue

Attack Records 7752114292



A recent review proclaimed that rock wasn't dead, but that taking its pulse was becoming more and more difficult. Well, call Dr. Wyle. This young man has examined, diagnosed and begun curing modern rock. His basic prescription for the music that has centerpieced our culture for four and a half decades is simple, elegant and obvious - He gives his songs purpose.

The difference between Adam Wyle's music and the next CD in the New Releases bin at your local record store is the difference between guitar and air guitar. He accomplishes things; he tells stories with his songs. Better yet, he's telling his stories specifically with rock. Ira Gershwin said, "Words make you think a thought, music makes you feel a feeling; a song makes you feel a thought." Adam Wyle knows full well that rock is the most powerful musical narrative form there is. In his hands, it is.

Savvy movie producers figured this out and asked him to provide music for "Drop Dead Roses," a film about a business specializing in delivering messages that their customers would rather not deliver personally, like "Dear John" letters or pink slips, a film which will be released in March. Three of the eleven songs on Out of the Blue are from the "Drop Dead Roses" soundtrack. All of the Out of the Blue selections are A side good, a little funky, well produced, well performed and grabbing. Based on guitar, bass and drums, it brings in keyboards, backing vocals, more keyboards and more guitars when they're necessary to the stories being told.

In curing rock, Adam Wyle's music can go far in curing its jaded listener base. Latch onto this record. It will make you feel better."

Blistering Guitar

Lee Armstrong | Winterville, NC United States | 09/29/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Adam Wyle's "Out of the Blue," while not classic, is a very good disc. The opener "Lose Yourself" is a guitar flurry layered over a surprisingly catchy melody with some sweet high vocals from Adam, "Take me off the main road dive me through the rising sun; take a chance & lose yourself with me." "Cindy" starts off slow with acoustic guitar before thundering guitars ebb and flow. "I Know Who You Are" has a cool guitar part as Adam goes pop. "You feel a shooting pain that's only pride, you're such a loser," Adam sings on the dense midtempo "Such A Loser." On "Breakdown" Adam's guitar swirls like a nest of bees on a tune cowritten with Marvin Etzioni. "Far Away" is an electrified pop rocker, "You say you like my hands; I say I got them from my dad, you stop, I touch your face." "She Knows the Way" has nice bass line on this pretty pop track. "Hollywood Hero" is a wistful tune about making it in H-wood. "Slide" may not have much of a lyric, but the guitars slide by like a sonic storm. "Train" is an electric twist on a protest song, "Whatever happened to the fellow man who gave his shirt and lent his hand." One assumes that the photo of Adam sitting without his shirt would indicate he's one who gave it away. The CD concludes with an ode to brotherhood, "Fall Down," "I will brush you off when the day runs long." "Out of the Blue" has great guitar, bubbly melodies, and submerged but expressive vocals from Adam. Enjoy!"