Drawing us in with the cerebral crowd noise of young people, Casey X. Waits opens inside this song with an intimately strummed acoustic guitar and the words, “You know what, I think I wrote this one in a dream I had, maybe I never woke up…”

We are immediately enthralled by Casey’s vocal timbre, evoking Bob Dylan through a distinctly modern existential lens as he sings, “All the people that I see have already gone, all their faces are lost in reflections, all the places that we go, no-one ever understands…”

The energy that transmutes is vivid, cinematic and spiritual, bringing us to tears as Casey paints a picture of the astral realm. We really connect with the sonic journey that Casey X. Waits is taking us on with anthemic accents and orchestral notions, building into a trippy and immersive high concept universe and commentary on the lived experience.

The emotional quotient is high – a combination of his poetic prowess, delivery and the message of the track itself. Fans of Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and Elliott Smith would also be able to connect with what Casey X. Waits has created. There is no doubt that inside this song would be a great fit for sync placements in a film like Marty Supreme, or One Battle After Another.

Casey poignantly says, “inside this song is the leading single from my album entitled traveler’s songs – a collection of folk and blues b-sides. I make music that spans all genres and refuses to fit in a box.” With reference to his journey, he adds, “Time and life experience has forged man the old fashion way-creating a vagabond outlier with a crooked vision seen through stained glass.”

We learn that Casey X. Waits is the son of legendary musician Tom Waits. He has forged his own path with his vulnerable, genre-expansive, spoken-soul honesty, and confessional songwriting style.

Needless to say, we are in awe, and have added inside this song to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and TIMELESS playlist, whilst we continue to stream the entirety of traveler’s songs, including sing thru the blues, and fall to the top.

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