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Impressions
I needed a little bounce in my step,
and Ashton Parson's “Walk on the Water” EP provided just the
thing to get me going. An R&B soul album is not something I come
across often for wasfuersohr, nor do I ordinarily gravitate towards
them on my own, but these four songs drew me in and here we are, a
review later. Parson's voice is part of the appeal, I
suppose for me, it's that he's not crooning, he's rocking out with a
soulfulness his young age betrays. He sounds less like a ladies man
trying to sing his way into the audience's pants and more like a
showman trying to entertain them. “Bottle of James” and “Feels
Like Forever” dance around being cheesy love songs, though they're
fairly tame in their lyrical mojo and never slips into preachy gospel
themes (“Feels” being as much about loving New York City as it
looking for love in the city). As I said Parson's voice is part of
the appeal, and the production seems to favour it as well, as his
voice is definitely put front and centre in the mix. 'Walk on the
Water' features quite the raucous piano on just about every track (or
a keyboard equivalent) and it slides in next to the thudding rhythm
section really well. The urge I have to to stomp and clap rises with
every successive track, so he's won me over without a doubt. I can't
find any fault in the production or the singing, though some may find
his voice overly familiar to other male singers and find that a
detractor, but not I. It's good, lively music and I want more.
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