Wills Van Doorn offers up a beautifully arranged Pop Rock album, wonderfully melodic, but that is half the story. His vocal lights up the darkest of nights and to its credit, Enduro puts his voice to the forefront. Anyone who had a vocal like Van Doorn's would want that.
It is extraordinary as a lead and in backing vocals. The fact that the arrangements are so well out together is a bonus, because you would listen to anything that he chose to sing. The album just washes your cares away, it is so smooth.
Johnny Payne's production brings out that golden voice, as you might expect, but the harder part is making the easy listening varied and Payne succeeds beautifully. Surprise Guitar solos and some splendid Wurlitzer enhance all around.
The big arrangements work really well, but when Van Doorn steps into Power Pop, he does that equally well. Both Sometimes / Rarely and Ever Wonder Why are genre classics, the latter lit up our Listening To This Week Playlist.
That Guitar Pop breaks up the gentleness elsewhere and allows you to appreciate the arrangements and performance even more. I'm reminded a lot of West Coast Summer sounds, but the whole album is an essential listen underlining why computer programs cannot match the real thing.
You can listen to and buy the album here. The album is available on Cassette and as a download.
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