Mehal album “Oranges and Seals” released
Mehal Watson, local singer songwriter and Dare Mason met in 2010 on a digital marketing course. Chatting during a coffee break, Mehal explained he was thinking of recording an album. Dare suggested they try recording a couple of tracks at the VIP Lounge. Those songs were “Touch” and “Hippy Tree” and conviced Mehal that Dare was the right guy to produce his album.
A few months later “Oranges and Seals” has been released and already reviews have been favourable.
Lee Trewhela wrote :
“There is a fluidity and sensuality unusual for a male singer-songwriter in Mehal’s work – the longing in songs like Touch rises like a heatmiser, with an impressive roll call of musicians in simpatico, riding the music from a whisper to a demanding , passionate intensity!
Mehal breaks out of the confines of acoustic-based rock by introducing jazz-tinged piano, alluring female vocals and serpentine electric guitar to forge a forward-thinking folk-blues akin to John Martyn’s soul being enveloped by John Cale’s mastery of drama. Mehal’s smoky impassioned vocals will get in your bloodstream on songs like A Song For… This dark fairground twist is a Some Velvet Morning for the 21st century while the Latin-tinged roll of Esteban and Juliet is an assured and sassy update of the love song. If Bowie’s in need of a song to kickstart his career then this powerful tune, full of intriguing brass blasts and a foreboding chorus, could be it.
Like Leonard Cohen’s later work this beautifully constructed album is a journey to the heart of the soul, but isn’t soul music. In fact, Mehal has come up with a wonderfully brooding album which is impossible to pigeonhole. A blessing in these days of disposable music.”
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