Artists working today in this online-centric age have been blessed with the benefit of being able to gain exposure even with their traditionally unprovoked or untapped artistry being present. Seeing one’s music being appreciated on what can be described as an “adequate” level does not live and die off of how “by the numbers” a certain approach is; if anything else, the exact opposite is becoming the case day in and day out.
To truly do your own thing as a working creative from each angle you tackle is not a rising norm, it is a necessary one. And so many acts have taken advantage of this concept as we progress towards what will end up being such a bright future once this very concept is fully cemented. In saying all of this, it is no wonder at all why an act like Reserv has the components to make the extraordinarily incomparable art that he does.
Resev is, without question, an act all to his own in every single manner imaginable — his sincere, heartfelt, and incredibly resounding vocal tones are completely of their own by themselves, but once they are combined with his strikingly imaginative and world-building sense of sound its corresponding setting alike, you honestly get an artist that is irreplicable and inimitable in their sheer creativity alone, on a level that no one else could ever dream of matching at this current moment.
Their recent ballad “Water, Water Everywhere” is just another single in a long line of content this year that has come to display these notions in full effect throughout 2020. But even then, this song stands alone just as practically all of his other singular offerings do, given how dynamic and diverse Reserv comes to be with his musical world all to his own.
He packs quite a great deal of emotional weight into this track in particular in both its production and vocal aspects alike, with the sentimental and glistening synths throughout the song working in one-to-one correspondence with his crushing and emotive delivery on the mic. These aspects structurally build towards an impactful apex towards the end of the song, with a soft and mid-centric conclusion closing the song out — one of the most unbelievably moving and exceptional moments from any single released song this year, regardless of prominence.
But that notion could truly extend to the rest of the track too in hindsight, as even with how by himself Reserv is as an artist from each and every single aspect of his craft, this song stands alone as a complete marvel in itself. This is an unforgettable moment from an unforgettable artist — one that entirely deserves the utmost acclaim he already gets, but also the glory and the rest of the world with it that he has yet to receive all the same.
https://soundcloud.com/reservv/waterwatereverywhere