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On his full-length debut, 2023's darkly emotive yet endlessly hooky Petals to Thorns, David Anthony Burke, aka d4vd, makes good on his emo-goth loverman persona. Having broken through with his 2022 single "Romantic Homicide," Burke builds upon that buzz here, crafting an album that feels like a kohl-eyed amalgam of Stevie Wonder and the Cure's Robert Smith. However, while "Romantic Homicide" (which is included here) certainly set the tone of the self-eviscerating balladry at the core of Burke's aesthetic, Petals to Thorns reveals there's so much more depth to his sound. Hearing that he grew up listening to gospel music isn't hard to believe when you hear the fragile guitar arpeggio that opens "Sleep Well," a lilting love song with shimmering string-synth accents that evokes the yearning R&B of Boyz II Men and early Michael Jackson. Equally evocative, the sparkling "Here with Me" sounds somewhat impossibly like Ween covering a Lionel Richie slow jam from the '80s. Elsewhere, we get the baroque harmonies of "This Is How It Feels" (a romantically twilight-toned duet with Laufey) and the moody new wave balladry of "Backstreet Girl." Yet it isn't all shadows and fog as he dives headlong into the anthemic post-punk of "You and I" before finishing things off with the grungy, Paramore-esque album closer "The Bridge."
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David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Ellis, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stint, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ajay Bhattacharyya, ComposerLyricist - Josh Shpak, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Prash "Engine-Earz" Mistry, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Amber Navran, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Spencer Stewart, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Anthony Burke, Vocal Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Dan Darmawan, Producer, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Ellis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Taylor, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Clampitt, ComposerLyricist - Prash "Engine-Earz" Mistry, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ivan Handwerk, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Laufey, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Ehler, Producer, Additional Producer
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Robin Hannibal, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Ellis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Taylor, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Wise, Producer - Prash "Engine-Earz" Mistry, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ivan Handwerk, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nextime, Producer - d4vd, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Egan Leister, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
Casey Smith, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Prash "Engine-Earz" Mistry, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spencer Stewart, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sofía Valdés, Producer, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Anthony Burke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Bartkus, Producer
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - grayskies, Producer - d4vd, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Dan Darmawan, Producer, ComposerLyricist - d4vd, MainArtist
℗ 2022 Darkroom/Interscope Records
David Burke, ComposerLyricist - Michael Harrison, Producer - Prash "Engine-Earz" Mistry, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Marek, Producer - d4vd, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
Album review
On his full-length debut, 2023's darkly emotive yet endlessly hooky Petals to Thorns, David Anthony Burke, aka d4vd, makes good on his emo-goth loverman persona. Having broken through with his 2022 single "Romantic Homicide," Burke builds upon that buzz here, crafting an album that feels like a kohl-eyed amalgam of Stevie Wonder and the Cure's Robert Smith. However, while "Romantic Homicide" (which is included here) certainly set the tone of the self-eviscerating balladry at the core of Burke's aesthetic, Petals to Thorns reveals there's so much more depth to his sound. Hearing that he grew up listening to gospel music isn't hard to believe when you hear the fragile guitar arpeggio that opens "Sleep Well," a lilting love song with shimmering string-synth accents that evokes the yearning R&B of Boyz II Men and early Michael Jackson. Equally evocative, the sparkling "Here with Me" sounds somewhat impossibly like Ween covering a Lionel Richie slow jam from the '80s. Elsewhere, we get the baroque harmonies of "This Is How It Feels" (a romantically twilight-toned duet with Laufey) and the moody new wave balladry of "Backstreet Girl." Yet it isn't all shadows and fog as he dives headlong into the anthemic post-punk of "You and I" before finishing things off with the grungy, Paramore-esque album closer "The Bridge."
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:46
- Main artists: d4vd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Darkroom - Interscope Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records ℗ 2023 Darkroom/Interscope Records
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