Folk-rock singer-songwriter Dan Coyle has been busy making music since 2008, so if you’re unfamiliar with him it’s high time you got acquainted. You might like to start by lending an ear to his newest indie-label release, “The Undertow.”

While Coyle usually sings and performs solo, each song on this new 6-track EP was recorded twice: first, in unadorned acoustic arrangements and then with a full band accompaniment.

If acoustic is the vibe you most resonate to, you’re likely to prefer the spartan first three tracks of the new release beginning with the steady and melodic “Back Around.”  Coyle’s lyrics – like these lines – are thoughtful and poetic: “I hang a map up on the wall / For you to see all the ways to get to me / What’s left for us, to look back on / When all this life is done and gone, anyway?”

Back Around

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Coyle’s vocals seem sunnier and lighter on the full-band version of “Back Around,” with lovely violin touches adding great depth and punctuation. Delicate harmonies with singer and violinist Laura Senatore also uplift and enhance the second version. The plaintive “I Adore You” showcases his approach to music; unequivocally expressive, it’s as big-hearted a musical statement of love as you’re likely to find.  Continue Reading...

For his sixth full length release, The Undertow, New York based troubadour Dan Coyle, one of this country's up and coming singer-songwriters, begins to slowly slink his way from the shell that has incubated his talents over the last several years. Instead of opting for his typical traditionalist approach of solo guitar and voice, The Undertow finds Coyle joined for the first time by a full band. Well, sort of.

The Undertow is made up of six songs, each song recorded twice, once by Coyle in his signature acoustic and voice, the next with a full band. It's an approach that, though threatening redundancy, works well in Coyle's hands. The arrangements and pace are different for each recording and the listener never gets the impression that he/she is just listening to the same song twice, but a wholly independent song.

Sometimes the addition of a other instruments is slight - the cello and backing vocal provide enchanting accents on "Back Around", while the plaintive harmonica and piano on "I Adore You", lift the song from a simple love song into a jammed out celebration of life, love, music, and everything else that's good in the world. Continue Reading...

International recording artist Dan Coyle is set to release his six-song EP, The Undertow on May 7.

Dan’s interest in writing his own music stems from the day a girlfriend gave him his first guitar in 2001. Dan found a new way to talk about things. He’d found his way of expression. He started to learn all the ways the Beatles talk about their things. He also started to learn all the ways Paul Simon and Bob Dylan talk about their things…

Now twelve years down the line, Dan Coyle is due to release his sixth major album, The Undertow. However, this six-song EP is not your usual release. This EP consists of three songs performed solo acoustically and then performed with a full band with artists from Italy, the UK and the USA.  Each song can be heard stripped back and then brought to life. You can listen to the three acoustic tracks on Dan Coyle’s Soundcloud page.
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New York singer-songwriter Dan Coyle is set to release an new six-song EP in May. The Undertow actually includes three song done two times each (an acoustic version and an Electric version).

The Acoustic tracks are currently available via Soundcloud. Today, we have a beautiful song called Back Around, and we are looking forward to hearing more from this great artist.